title: A computer-generated face database with ratings on realism, masculinity, race, and stereotypy.
abstract: Ratings of realism, masculinity, race, and racial stereotypy were collected on a set of computer-generated faces representing European, South East Asian, and African American ethnicities. To determine if these faces are processed in the same way as photographs of real faces, we demonstrated with these faces superior memory performance for upright faces over inverted faces (the face inversion effect). Further, in observers of European decent, we found both superior memory for European faces and a larger inversion effect for European than African American faces. Based on these results, we believe that this set of faces may be of use in perceptual investigations in which race is a critical manipulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology/Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada. heathmatheson@dal.ca
authors.forename: Heath E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Matheson
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: McMullen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People; D044383:Black People; D003201:Computers; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005006:Ethnicity; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D009949:Orientation; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D044469:Racial Groups; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult; D001741:Black or African American