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Default categorization of outgroup faces and the other race effect: Commentary on the special issue
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Default categorization of outgroup faces and the other race effect: Commentary on the special issue

Bruce D. D. Bartholow
The British journal of psychology, Vol.114(1), pp.10-13
05/01/2023
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12648
PMID: 37052620

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Abstract

This commentary addresses how studies examining the neurophysiological correlates of racial categorization can provide insight into the neurocognitive mechanisms of the other-race effect in recognition memory. Several articles in the special issue describe how event-related potentials (ERPs) have been used to examine processing of faces that vary according to race, some of which have concluded that larger ERP amplitudes elicited by other-race (relative to own-race) faces indicates less efficient visual processing of other-race faces. I describe findings from ERP studies of race categorization that suggest an alternative interpretation-that other-race faces elicit stronger categorization, which impedes individuation of other-race faces. Suggestions for future research are offered.
Psychology Psychology, Multidisciplinary Social Sciences

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