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Similar use of shape and texture cues for own- and other-race faces during face learning and recognition
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NSTL
Elsevier
Although the other-race effect (ORE; superior recognition of own- relative to other-race faces) is well established, the mechanisms underlying it are not well understood. We examined whether the ORE is attributable to differential use of shape and texture cues for own- vs. other-race faces. Shape cues are particularly important for detecting that an own-race face is unfamiliar, whereas texture cues are more important for recognizing familiar and newly learned own-race faces. We compared the influence of shape and texture cues on Caucasian participants' recognition of Caucasian and East Asian faces using two complementary approaches. In Experiment 1, participants studied veridical, shape-caricatured, or texture-caricatured faces and then were asked to recognize them in an old/new recognition task. In Experiment 2, all study faces were veridical and we independently removed the diagnosticity of shape (or texture) cues in the test phase by replacing original shape (or texture) with average shape (or texture). Despite an overall own-race advantage, participants' use of shape and texture cues was comparable for own- and other-race faces. These results suggest that the other-race effect is not attributable to qualitative differences in the use of shape and texture cues.
Other-race effectPerceptual expertiseFace recognitionFacial identity cuesShape and textureSURFACE REFLECTANCEUNFAMILIAR FACESFAMILIARPERCEPTIONREPRESENTATIONBRAINBIASDISTINCTIVENESSCATEGORIZATIONDISTORTIONS
Zhou, Xiaomei、Itz, Marlena L.、Vogt, Sandro、Kaufmann, Jurgen M.、Schweinberger, Stefan R.、Mondloch, Catherine J.
NSTL
Elsevier
