Travers, E;
Fairhurst, MT;
Deroy, O;
(2020)
Racial bias in face perception is sensitive to instructions but not introspection.
Consciousness and Cognition
, 83
, Article 102952. 10.1016/j.concog.2020.102952.
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Abstract
Faces with typically African features are perceived as darker than they really are. We investigated how early in processing the bias emerges, whether participants are aware of it, and whether it can be altered by explicit instructions. We presented pairs of faces sequentially, manipulated the luminance and morphological features of each, and asked participants which was lighter, and how confident they were in their responses. In Experiment 1, pre-response mouse cursor trajectories showed that morphology affected motor output just as early as luminance did. Furthermore, participants were not slower to respond or less confident when morphological cues drove them to give a response that conflicted with the actual luminance of the faces. However, Experiment 2 showed that participants could be instructed to reduce their reliance on morphology, even at early stages of processing. All stimuli used, code to run the experiments reported, raw data, and analyses scripts and their outputs can be found at https://osf.io/brssn.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Racial bias in face perception is sensitive to instructions but not introspection |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.concog.2020.102952 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2020.102952 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Social Sciences, Psychology, Experimental, Psychology, Perception, Metacognition, Confidence, Social cognition, SOCIAL COGNITION, IMPLICIT, DISSOCIATION, INFORMATION, FRAMEWORK, ILLUSIONS |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114088 |
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