Social contact and other-race face processing in the human brain.
The present study investigated the influence social factors upon the neural processing of faces of other races using event-related potentials. A multi-tiered approach was used to identify face-specific stages of processing, to test for effects of race-of-face upon processing at these stages and to evaluate the impact of social contact and individuating experience upon these effects. The results showed that race-of-face has significant effects upon face processing, starting from early perceptual stages of structural encoding, and that social factors may play an important role in mediating these effects.
Walker
Pamela M
PM
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3UD UK. pamela.walker@jesus.oxon.org
Silvert
Laetitia
L
Hewstone
Miles
M
Nobre
Anna C
AC
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology; D044469:Racial Groups; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D055815:Young Adult