An other-race effect for configural and featural processing of faces: upper and lower face regions play different roles

Wang, Zhe; Quinn, Paul C.; Tanaka, James W.; Yu, Xiaoyang; Sun, Yuhao; Liu, Jiangang; Pascalis, Olivier; Ge, Liezhong; Lee, Kang

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00559

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“…Although attention to the eyes is an important part of impression formation processes in general, it may be particularly critical in intergroup contexts. Given that cross-race interactions are often marred by misunderstandings and misperceptions (Dovidio et al, 2002 ; Holoien et al, 2015 ; Shelton & Richeson, 2006 ; Vorauer et al, 1998 ; West et al, 2014a , 2014b ) and that attention to the eyes seems to play an important role in the impression formation process (Arizpe et al, 2016 ; Friesen et al, 2019 ; Itier & Batty, 2009 ; Kawakami et al, 2014 , in press; Nguyen & Pezdek, 2017 ; Wang et al, 2015 ), investigating whether interpersonal similarity can increase eye gaze for Black targets may prove to be useful in discovering new strategies to enhance intergroup relations.…”

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Impact of perceived interpersonal similarity on attention to the eyes of same-race and other-race faces

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One reason for the persistence of racial discrimination may be anticipated dissimilarity with racial outgroup members that prevent meaningful interactions. In the present research, we investigated whether perceived similarity would impact the processing of same-race and other-race faces. Specifically, in two experiments, we varied the extent to which White participants were ostensibly similar to targets via bogus feedback on a personality test. With an eye tracker, we measured the effect of this manipulation on attention to the eyes, a critical region for person perception and face memory. In Experiment 1, we monitored the impact of perceived interpersonal similarity on White participants’ attention to the eyes of same-race White targets. In Experiment 2, we replicated this procedure, but White participants were presented with either same-race White targets or other-race Black targets in a between-subjects design. The pattern of results in both experiments indicated a positive linear effect of similarity—greater perceived similarity between participants and targets predicted more attention to the eyes of White and Black faces. The implications of these findings related to top-down effects of perceived similarity for our understanding of basic processes in face perception, as well as intergroup relations, are discussed.

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“…Furthermore, these theorists suggest that this social goal can lead to an attentional focus on characteristics that can differentiate ingroup members and on characteristics that are prototypic of outgroup members (Hugenberg & Sacco, 2008; Pauker et al, 2009; Rhodes et al, 2009). For example, White participants focus more on the eyes of White relative to Black targets, resulting in better recognition of own- than other-race faces (Arizpe et al, 2016; Kawakami et al, 2014; Nguyen & Pezdek, 2017; Wang et al, 2015).…”

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Other-Groups Bias Effects: Recognizing Majority and Minority Outgroup Faces

Vingilis-Jaremko

Kawakami

Friesen

2020

Social Psychological and Personality Science

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A large literature has provided evidence that intergroup biases are common in facial recognition. In investigations of faces of different races, research has repeatedly demonstrated an Own Race Bias in which people are more accurate in recognizing racial ingroup compared to outgroup members. The primary goal of this research was to investigate whether participants from typically underrepresented populations in social psychological research (i.e., Blacks, South Asians, and East Asians) show biases in recognition accuracy when presented with ingroup faces and minority and majority outgroup faces. Not surprisingly, across three experiments, participants demonstrated superior recognition for faces of members of their own compared to other races. Although minority participants also demonstrated greater recognition accuracy for majority compared to minority outgroup faces, these effects were much smaller and typically nonsignificant. The implications of these findings for our understanding of basic processes in face perception, and intergroup relations, are discussed.

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“…Another study that compared populations from different cultures using a slightly different paradigm found that Eastern (Chinese) viewers made more use of the eyes for an emotion recognition task, whilst the Western (U.K.) participants made more use of eyebrows and the mouth area (Jack et al, 2012). Studies examining how Western, Eastern, and Middle Eastern participants view faces suggest there are cultural differences and different features maybe more important for different cultures (Jack et al, 2012; Megreya & Bindemann, 2009; Megreya et al, 2012; Wang et al, 2015); however, it is still not clear how the race of the viewer and the race of the face being viewed may interact.…”

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The Importance of Internal and External Features in Matching Own and Other Race Faces

Havard

2021

Perception

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Research has shown that we are better at discriminating between faces that are our own race, and much less accurate with faces of another race. When the external features of faces were removed, this reduced the accuracy for recognizing other-races faces, more than own-race faces, suggesting that the external features (hair, face shape) are especially important for the recognition of other-race faces. The aim of the current study was to determine whether external features were more useful in matching other-race faces, and whether this was the case for Western and Eastern viewers. The current study employed a face matching task with Caucasian (U.K.) and Asian (Chinese) participants and found that responses were more accurate for own-race faces, and for whole faces when compared with faces where the internal or external features had been removed. Removing the external features of other-race faces increased the own-race bias for Chinese and U.K. participants, demonstrating the importance of viewing whole faces, including the external features when matching other-race faces.

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An other-race effect for configural and featural processing of faces: upper and lower face regions play different roles

Cited by 17 publications

References 57 publications

Impact of perceived interpersonal similarity on attention to the eyes of same-race and other-race faces

Impact of perceived interpersonal similarity on attention to the eyes of same-race and other-race faces

Other-Groups Bias Effects: Recognizing Majority and Minority Outgroup Faces

The Importance of Internal and External Features in Matching Own and Other Race Faces

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