ORE And ORA In Face Perception For Different Blurred Components

The own-race effect in face identification is expressed as easier identification of individual faces from one's own race, relative to other-race faces The other-race advantage in race categorization is expressed as faster categorization of other-race than own-race faces. Through nearly 40 years of research on the ORE and ORA researchers have put forward variety of explanations. One of the most widely accepted explanations for this effect is that it may be rooted in the observer's perceptual learning and the amount of contact that he or she has had with people of other races. While another widely accepted explanations is that the other-race faces are from a less socially relevant out-group, whereas the own race faces are from a more socially relevant in-group. Whereas the ORE is well established the ORA has received less attention and has not been consistently found. From a face perception perspective , the ORA, as well as the ORE, could be explained by the greater experience people usually have with own-race than with other-race faces; treating other-race information like a fundamental feature, yet own-race information lacks this particular feature. I think the relationship between ORE and ORA is two perspectives of the perceptual processing in cross-race face recognition. So I think we should try to make ORE establish close contact with ORA. In the current study, in order to identify whether or not the processing of facial components will support ORE and ORA, different components of the faces are blurred. An additional aim of the current study is to investigate configural and component processing within the context of a recognition memory task.In the current study, as would be predicted by previously documented ORA, both groups of participants classified the race of the face more quickly and more accurately for other-race than for own-race faces, the reaction times of categorization by race were recorded. The main effect of race of the face was significant. It provided evidence for faster categorization of other race than own-race faces. But the blurred components seemed unable to support ORA. Mean RT(ms)for the different blurred components showed no main effect, reflecting the fact that for both own-race and other-race, faces were categorized configural information. Race-of-the-face×blurred-component interaction was not significant.While the mean rate of correct response for the two experimental conditions showed significant main effect. Participants performed better on the recognition test in the second part of the experiment.. Task×blurred-component interaction was not significant. The absence of an interaction between task and the blurred component in the facial recognition suggests that the individual feather that determining the recognition of a face is not better utilized in the processing of race categorization, but the features were preempting the perception. Race-of-the-face×blurred-component interaction was not significant. Task×race of the face interaction was not significant. Race-of-the-face×blurred-component×Task interaction was not significant.In one word, these differences are due to poorer configural coding of other-race faces but better coding of component features in other-race faces These processing differences likely stem from reduced experience or contact with other-race faces.