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Other-race face perception.

D S Lindsay1, P C Jack, M A Christian

  • 1Williams College.

The Journal of Applied Psychology
|August 11, 1991
PubMed
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The other-race effect shows people recognize same-race faces better than different-race faces. This study suggests specific perceptual skills, not just bias, influence this cross-racial identification effect.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • The other-race effect (ORE), also known as own-race bias, describes better recognition memory for same-race faces compared to other-race faces.
  • Previous research indicates ORE is a robust phenomenon, but the underlying mechanisms remain debated.
  • This study investigates the role of race-specific perceptual skills in explaining the ORE.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the hypothesis that perceptual skills specific to identifying faces of particular racial groups contribute to the other-race effect.
  • To determine if the ORE manifests in a controlled perceptual task measuring face recognition accuracy.

Main Methods:

  • A perceptual task involving tachistoscopic presentation of faces for 120 ms, followed by a mask and a recognition test.

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  • Participants included White and African American subjects.
  • Face stimuli were presented in a rapid presentation paradigm to isolate perceptual processing.

    • Main Results:

    • White subjects demonstrated significantly poorer performance on trials with African American faces compared to White faces, confirming the other-race effect.
    • African American subjects did not show a significant difference in performance between White and African American faces.
    • The results support the influence of race-specific perceptual skills on cross-racial identification.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings suggest that differences in perceptual expertise for processing own-race versus other-race faces contribute to the other-race effect.
    • The study provides evidence for a perceptual basis of the own-race bias.
    • Future research should explore the neural correlates of these race-specific perceptual skills.