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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > own-group bias > own-race bias

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own-race bias  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when people are less accurate at recognizing other-race faces than own-race faces.

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Synonym(s)

  • cross-race deficit
  • cross-race effect
  • cross-race identification bias
  • cross-race recognition deficit
  • ORE
  • other race effect
  • own-ethnicity bias
  • own-race recognition deficit

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Anthony, T., Copper, C., & Mullen, B. (1992). Cross-racial facial identification: A social cognitive integration. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18(3), 296–301. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167292183005

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

  • • Bothwell, R. K., Brigham, J. C., & Malpass, R. S. (1989). Cross-racial identification. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15(1), 19–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167289151002

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

  • • Brigham, J. C., Bennett, L. B., Meissner, C. A., & Mitchell, T. L. (2007). The influence of race on eyewitness memory. In R. C. L. Lindsay, D. F. Ross, J. D. Read, & M. P. Toglia (Eds.), The handbook of eyewitness psychology, Vol II: Memory for people. (p. 257-281). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Brown, T. I., Uncapher, M. R., Chow, T. E., Eberhardt, J. L., & Wagner, A. D. (2017). Cognitive control, attention, and the other race effect in memory. PLoS ONE, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173579

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

  • • Dai, J., Griffin, J. W., & Scherf, K. S. (2024). How is race perceived during adolescence? A meta-analysis of the own-race bias. Developmental Psychology, 60(4), 649–664. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001721

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

  • • de Viviés, X., Kelly, D. J., Cordier, V., & Pascalis, O. (2010). Reconnaissance des visages d’un autre groupe ethnique : éclairage d’une approche développementale. Psychologie Française, 55(3), 243–257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psfr.2010.07.001

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Ficco, L., Müller, V. I., Kaufmann, J. M., & Schweinberger, S. R. (2023). Socio-cognitive, expertise-based and appearance-based accounts of the other-‘race’ effect in face perception: A label-based systematic review of neuroimaging results. British Journal of Psychology, 114(S1), 45–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12595

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Lee, J., & Penrod, S. D. (2022). Three‐level meta‐analysis of the other‐race bias in facial identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36(5), 1106–1130. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3997

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

    • Dataset reference: Lee, J. (2023, January 11). Three-level meta-analysis of the other-race bias in facial identification. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/SJ2TG
  • • Meissner, C. A., & Brigham, J. C. (2001). Thirty years of investigating the own-race bias in memory for faces: A meta-analytic review. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 7(1), 3-35. https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8971.7.1.3

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

  • • Singh, B., Mellinger, C., Earls, H. A., Tran, J., Bardsley, B., & Correll, J. (2022). Does cross-race contact improve cross-race face perception? A meta-analysis of the cross-race deficit and contact. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(6), 865–887. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211024463

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

    • Dataset reference: Singh, B., Mellinger, C., Earls, H. A., Tran, J., Bardsley, B., & Correll, J. (2021). Does Cross-Race Contact Improve Cross-Race Face Perception? A Meta-Analysis of the Cross-Race Deficit and Contact. https://osf.io/avh3x/
  • • Tüttenberg, S. C., & Wiese, H. (2023). Event-related brain potential correlates of the other-race effect: A review. British Journal of Psychology, 114(S1), 24–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12591

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

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  • Frank Arnould

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