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Visual processing and emotion perception from ingroup and outgroup facial expressions.
Yong-Qi Cong1, Disa Sauter1, Julia Vacas Ruiz1
1Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Cognition & Emotion
|May 16, 2025
Summary
People look at faces differently based on race, focusing on different features for ingroup versus outgroup members. These distinct visual strategies minimally impact emotion recognition accuracy across racial groups.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Social Psychology
Background:
- The Other Race Effect shows better identification of ingroup faces.
- The Ingroup Advantage Effect indicates more accurate emotion recognition from ingroup expressions.
- Previous research suggests distinct visual processing for ingroup vs. outgroup faces.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if differential visual processing strategies for ingroup and outgroup faces extend to emotion perception.
- To examine the relationship between these visual processing differences and emotion recognition accuracy.
Main Methods:
- An eye-tracking experiment was conducted with Dutch participants (N=99).
- Participants made perceptual emotion judgments of Dutch (ingroup) and Chinese (outgroup) facial expressions.
- Viewing patterns (gaze duration on facial features) were recorded and analyzed.
Main Results:
- Participants exhibited different viewing patterns for ingroup and outgroup faces.
- Longer viewing times were observed for the eyes and nose of ingroup faces.
- Participants looked longer at the mouth of outgroup faces.
- These visual processing differences showed minimal correlation with emotion recognition accuracy.
Conclusions:
- Differential visual processing strategies occur during emotion perception across racial groups, extending the Other Race Effect.
- Accurate emotion decoding may involve perceptual processes at various levels.
- Diverse visual scanning patterns can lead to correct emotion recognition across racial boundaries.
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