APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
How Does a Newly Encountered Face Become Familiar: The Role of Experience with Own- Vs. Other-Race Faces.
- Kristen Baker
Brock University - Xiaomei Zhou
Brock University - Claire Matthews
Brock University - Olha Wloch
Brock University - Catherine Mondloch
Brock University
Abstract
We examined the role of experience in face learning by exposing participants to varying degrees of within-person variability in the appearance of own- and other-race faces and measuring recognition of novel images. More variability was required for other-race faces— a pattern comparable to that observed in children compared to adults.
Perception