Development of own-race biases |
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| Authors: | Gizelle Anzures Paul C Quinn Olivier Pascalis Alan M Slater Kang Lee |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UKg.anzures@bbk.ac.uk;3. Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA;4. Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition, Université Pierre Mendès France, Grenoble, France;5. School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK;6. Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This review examines the emergence and development of perceptual and social biases towards own-race individuals. We first discuss evidence regarding the early emergence of an own-race bias in facial preferences and face recognition abilities demonstrated by infants with an abundance of visual experience with own-race individuals, but little to no experience with other-race individuals. We then consider perceptual categorization of face race, visual scanning, and differential processing of own- and other-race faces in relation to recognition of face identity. Finally, we review evidence regarding own-race preferences for social partners and own-race biases in social evaluations that emerge during early childhood. Implications of the existing evidence for understanding the role of experience in perceptual development and the emergence of racial preferences and stereotypes are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Face recognition Own-race bias Race-based social preference |
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