Reference : An 'other-race' effect in age estimation from faces

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Theoretical & cognitive psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/13843

Title :	An 'other-race' effect in age estimation from faces
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Dehon, Hedwige [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychologie cognitive >]
	Brédart, Serge [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychologie cognitive >]
Publication date :	2001
Journal title :	Perception
Volume :	30
Issue/season :	9
Pages :	1107-1113
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0301-0066
Abstract :	[en] Previous studies have shown that, in person-recognition tasks, people performance better for gaces belonging to their own race than for those belonging to another race. Recently, however, this 'other-race' effect has also been found in a sex-discrimination task (O'Toole et al, 1996, Perception 25, 669-676). In the present study, we investigated wheter this finding extends to age perception. Caucasian and African participants were asked to estimate the age of Caucasian and African faces. The main result of this experiment was a significant 'race of subject' x 'race of face' interaction showing that Caucasian participants performed better at evaluating Caucasian faces than African faces. However, African participants performed equally with both type of faces. This result is explained by the Africans' time of residence in Belgium. This implication of this 'older-race' effect for age estimation is discussed with respect to eyewitness reports.
Research units :	Centre de Neurosciences Cognitives et Comportementales
Target :	Researchers ; Students
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/13843

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