Who are you looking at?: The influence of face gender on visual attention and memory for own- and other-race faces

Lovén, JohannaKarolinska Institutet,Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI) (författare)

Who are you looking at? : The influence of face gender on visual attention and memory for own- and other-race faces

This research was supported by a grant from the Swedish Research Council awarded to Agneta Herlitz. We are grateful to Elin Frögéli for assisting with the data collection.
Previous research suggests that the own-race bias (ORB) in memory for faces is a result of other-race faces receiving less visual attention at encoding. As women typically display an own-gender bias in memory for faces and men do not, we investigated whether face gender and sex of viewer influenced visual attention and memory for own- and other-race faces, and if preferential viewing of own-race faces contributed to the ORB in memory. Participants viewed pairs of female or male own- and other-race faces while their viewing time was recorded. Afterwards, they completed a surprise memory test. We found that (1) other-race males received the initial focus of attention, (2) own-race faces were viewed longer than other-race faces over time, although the difference was larger for female faces, and (3) even though longer viewing time increased the probability of remembering a face, it did not explain the magnified ORB in memory for female faces. Importantly, these findings highlight that face gender moderates attentional responses to and memory for own- and other-race faces.

Rehnman, Jenny (författare)
Wiens, StefanStockholms universitet,Psykologiska institutionen(Swepub:su)swiens (författare)
Lindholm, TorunStockholms universitet,Psykologiska institutionen(Swepub:su)tlm (författare)
Peira, NathalieUppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi(Swepub:uu)natna133 (författare)
Herlitz, AgnetaKarolinska Institutet,Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI) (författare)
Stockholms universitetCentrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI) (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Lovén, Johanna; Rehnman, Jenny; Wiens, Stefan; Lindholm, Torun; Peira, Nathalie; Herlitz, Agneta

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Av lärosätet: Stockholms universitet; Uppsala universitet; Karolinska Institutet

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