Learning faces of different races: Clues to why 'they' all look alike
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 09:30
in Psychology & Sociology
New research provides biological evidence that the brain works differently when memorizing the face of a person from one's own race than when memorizing an other-race face. By measuring brain activity, the study sheds light on the well-documented "other-race effect" phenomenon. One of the most replicated psychology findings, the other-race effect finds people are less likely to remember a face from a racial group different from their own.