| An 'other-race' effect in age estimation from faces. | |
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PMID: 11694086 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Previous studies have shown that, in person-recognition tasks, people perform better for faces belonging to their own race than for those belonging to another race. Recently, however, this 'other-race' effect has also been found in a sex-discrimination task (O'Toole et al, 1996 Perception 25 669-676). In the present study, we investigated whether this finding extends to age perception. Caucasian and African participants were asked to estimate the age of Caucasian and African faces. The main result of this experiment was a significant 'race of subject' x 'race of face' interaction showing that Caucasian participants performed better at evaluating Caucasian faces than African faces. However, African participants performed equally with both type of faces. This result is explained by the Africans' time of residence in Belgium. The implication of this 'other-race' effect for age estimation is discussed with respect to eyewitness reports. |
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Authors:
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H Dehon; S Brédart |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Perception Volume: 30 ISSN: 0301-0066 ISO Abbreviation: Perception Publication Date: 2001 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-11-05 Completed Date: 2001-12-04 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372307 Medline TA: Perception Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1107-13 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Cognitive Psychology Unit (B-32), Université de Liège, Belgium. hedwige.dehon@ulg.ac.be |
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Adult African Continental Ancestry Group* Aging / physiology* European Continental Ancestry Group* Face / physiology* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology* Photic Stimulation / methods Photography |
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