title: Configural processing advantage for Mongoloid than Caucasian faces during the structure coding stage.
abstract: Configural processing is considered to be the hallmark of face expertise, which has been widely investigated by face global inversion (inversion effect) and local inversion (Thatcher effect). Using a passive detection task in which face stimuli are task-irrelevant, both the face inversion effect and the Thatcher effect on race perception of faces were investigated. We found that although the N170 inversion effect (enhanced and delayed N 170 for inverted than upright condition) was similar across races of faces, Chinese participants showed a larger N 170 Thatcher effect (enhanced N 170 to Thatcherized faces than normal faces) for Mongoloid faces. The present data indicates the perceptual advantage of configural changes for in-group than out-group faces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang Province, P. R. China , Department of Psychology, School of Education of Heilongjiang University, Heilongjiang Province, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yuying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Yunmiao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hailan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Zhengxue
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Lun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yanjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Configural processing; N170; faces' race; inversion; thatcher