title: The other-race effect in children from a multiracial population: A cross-cultural comparison.
abstract: The role of experience with other-race faces in the development of the other-race effect was investigated through a cross-cultural comparison between 5- and 6-year-olds and 13- and 14-year-olds raised in a monoracial (British White, n=83) population and a multiracial (Malaysian Chinese, n=68) population. British White children showed an other-race effect to three other-race faces (Chinese, Malay, and African Black) that was stable across age. Malaysian Chinese children showed a recognition deficit for less experienced faces (African Black) but showed a recognition advantage for faces of which they have direct or indirect experience. Interestingly, younger (Malaysian Chinese) children showed no other-race effect for female faces such that they can recognize all female faces regardless of race. These findings point to the importance of early race and gender experiences in reorganizing the face representation to accommodate changes in experience across development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YF, UK. Electronic address: d.tham@lancaster.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Diana Su Yun
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Tham
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YF, UK.
authors.forename: J Gavin
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Bremner
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YF, UK.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D004739:England / Q000208:ethnology; D000066499:Facial Recognition; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology*
keywords: Children; Cross-cultural; Face recognition; Multiracial; Other-race effect; Own-race bias