The role of features and configural processing in face-race classification
We explored perceptual factors that might account for the other-race classification advantage (ORCA) in classifying faces by race. Testing Chinese participants in China and Israeli participants in Israel we show that: (a) The distinction between Chinese and Israeli faces is highly accurate even on t...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3225710 2023-05-15T17:53:00+02:00 The role of features and configural processing in face-race classification Zhao, Lun Bentin, Shlomo 2011-10-08 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225710 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22008980 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2011.10.001 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225710 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22008980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2011.10.001 © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article Text 2011 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2011.10.001 2013-09-03T23:10:54Z We explored perceptual factors that might account for the other-race classification advantage (ORCA) in classifying faces by race. Testing Chinese participants in China and Israeli participants in Israel we show that: (a) The distinction between Chinese and Israeli faces is highly accurate even on the basis of isolated eyes or faces with eyes concealed, but full faces are categorized faster. (b) The ORCA is similarly robust for full faces and for face parts. (c) The ORCA was larger when the configuration of the inner-face components was distorted, reflecting delayed categorization of own-race distorted faces relative to own-race normally configured faces but no conspicuous distortion effect on other-race faces. These data demonstrate that perceptual factors can account for the ORCA independently of social bias. We suggest that one source of the ORCA in race categorization is the configural analysis applied by default while processing own-race but not other-race faces. Text Orca PubMed Central (PMC) Vision Research 51 23-24 2462 2470 |
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We explored perceptual factors that might account for the other-race classification advantage (ORCA) in classifying faces by race. Testing Chinese participants in China and Israeli participants in Israel we show that: (a) The distinction between Chinese and Israeli faces is highly accurate even on the basis of isolated eyes or faces with eyes concealed, but full faces are categorized faster. (b) The ORCA is similarly robust for full faces and for face parts. (c) The ORCA was larger when the configuration of the inner-face components was distorted, reflecting delayed categorization of own-race distorted faces relative to own-race normally configured faces but no conspicuous distortion effect on other-race faces. These data demonstrate that perceptual factors can account for the ORCA independently of social bias. We suggest that one source of the ORCA in race categorization is the configural analysis applied by default while processing own-race but not other-race faces. |
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