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Perceived Race Affects Configural Processing but Not Holistic Processing in the Composite-Face Task
One explanation for the own-race bias in face recognition is the loss of holistic processing for other-race faces. The composite-face task (involving matching the top halves of faces when the bottom halves are either changed or the same) tests holistic processing but it has been inconsistent in reve...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30177898 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01456 |
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author | Lewis, Michael B. Hills, Peter J. |
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description | One explanation for the own-race bias in face recognition is the loss of holistic processing for other-race faces. The composite-face task (involving matching the top halves of faces when the bottom halves are either changed or the same) tests holistic processing but it has been inconsistent in revealing other-race effects. Two composite-face experiments are reported using pairs of faces that have common internal features but can be perceived as either being racially Black or White depending on their external features. In Experiment 1 (matching the top halves of faces) holistic processing was found for both face races for White participants (shown by both a mis-alignment advantage when bottom halves were different and also by a congruence-by-alignment interaction in discrimination). Bayesian analysis supported there being no effect of race. However, the size of the simple congruence effect was larger for own- than for other-race faces. Experiment 2 found that this race-by-congruence interaction was not present when matching the bottom halves of faces. The results are interpreted in of terms of the perceived race affecting the processing of second-order relational information rather than holistic processing. |
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spelling | pubmed-61097122018-09-03 Perceived Race Affects Configural Processing but Not Holistic Processing in the Composite-Face Task Lewis, Michael B. Hills, Peter J. Front Psychol Psychology One explanation for the own-race bias in face recognition is the loss of holistic processing for other-race faces. The composite-face task (involving matching the top halves of faces when the bottom halves are either changed or the same) tests holistic processing but it has been inconsistent in revealing other-race effects. Two composite-face experiments are reported using pairs of faces that have common internal features but can be perceived as either being racially Black or White depending on their external features. In Experiment 1 (matching the top halves of faces) holistic processing was found for both face races for White participants (shown by both a mis-alignment advantage when bottom halves were different and also by a congruence-by-alignment interaction in discrimination). Bayesian analysis supported there being no effect of race. However, the size of the simple congruence effect was larger for own- than for other-race faces. Experiment 2 found that this race-by-congruence interaction was not present when matching the bottom halves of faces. The results are interpreted in of terms of the perceived race affecting the processing of second-order relational information rather than holistic processing. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6109712/ /pubmed/30177898 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01456 Text en Copyright © 2018 Lewis and Hills. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Lewis, Michael B. Hills, Peter J. Perceived Race Affects Configural Processing but Not Holistic Processing in the Composite-Face Task |
title | Perceived Race Affects Configural Processing but Not Holistic Processing in the Composite-Face Task |
title_full | Perceived Race Affects Configural Processing but Not Holistic Processing in the Composite-Face Task |
title_fullStr | Perceived Race Affects Configural Processing but Not Holistic Processing in the Composite-Face Task |
title_full_unstemmed | Perceived Race Affects Configural Processing but Not Holistic Processing in the Composite-Face Task |
title_short | Perceived Race Affects Configural Processing but Not Holistic Processing in the Composite-Face Task |
title_sort | perceived race affects configural processing but not holistic processing in the composite-face task |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30177898 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01456 |
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