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AuthorKokje E.
AuthorBindemann M.
AuthorMegreya A.M.
Available date2019-11-04T05:19:28Z
Publication Date2018
Publication NameActa Psychologica
ResourceScopus
ISSN0001-6918
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.01.006
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/12258
AbstractThe other-race effect in face identification has been documented widely in memory tasks, but it persists also in identity-matching tasks, in which memory contributions are minimized. Whereas this points to a perceptual locus for this effect, it remains unresolved whether matching performance with same- and other-race faces is driven by shared cognitive mechanisms. To examine this question, this study compared Arab and Caucasian observers' ability to match faces of their own race with their ability to match faces of another race using one-to-one (Experiment 1) and one-to-many (Experiment 2) identification tasks. Across both experiments, Arab and Caucasian observers demonstrated reliable other-race effects at a group level. At an individual level, substantial variation in accuracy was found, but performance with same-race and other-race faces correlated consistently and strongly. This indicates that the abilities to match same- and other-race faces share a common cognitive mechanism.
Languageen
PublisherElsevier B.V.
SubjectFace matching
Individual differences
Other-race effect
Unfamiliar faces
TitleCross-race correlations in the abilities to match unfamiliar faces
TypeArticle
Pagination13-21
Volume Number185


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