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Contact, configural coding and the other-race effect in face recognition.

Kirsten J Hancock1, Gillian Rhodes

  • 1University of Western Australia, Australia.

British Journal of Psychology (London, England : 1953)
|May 31, 2007
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Increased contact with other-race faces reduces the other-race effect (ORE) in face recognition. Higher contact levels also correlate with improved configural face-coding mechanisms, lessening cross-race processing differences.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • The other-race effect (ORE) is a cognitive bias where individuals recognize same-race faces better than other-race faces.
  • While contact is theorized to reduce the ORE, its impact on underlying face-processing mechanisms remains unclear.
  • Configural face-coding is a sophisticated mechanism crucial for accurate face recognition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how varying levels of contact with other-race faces influence the magnitude of the ORE.
  • To examine the relationship between contact and the utilization of configural face-coding mechanisms.
  • To determine if changes in configural coding mediate the reduction of the ORE.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited Chinese and Caucasian participants with diverse levels of inter-racial contact.

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  • Assessed self-reported contact with other-race individuals.
  • Utilized face inversion decrements as a measure of configural face-coding efficiency.
  • Measured recognition accuracy for own- and other-race faces.

    • Main Results:

    • Higher self-reported contact with other-race faces was associated with a smaller ORE in face recognition.
    • Increased contact also correlated with enhanced use of configural coding mechanisms.
    • Reduced cross-race differences in configural coding predicted a smaller ORE.

    Conclusions:

    • Inter-racial contact significantly reduces the other-race effect in face recognition.
    • Contact promotes the use of more sophisticated configural face-coding strategies, irrespective of race.
    • The findings highlight the malleability of face recognition abilities and the role of experience in overcoming racial biases.