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The Other-Race Effect Develops During Infancy: Evidence of Perceptual Narrowing
David J. Kelly 1 , Paul C. Quinn 2 , Alan M. Slater 3 , Kang Lee 4 , Liezhong Ge 5 , and Olivier Pascalis 1
  1 University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom;   2 University of Delaware;   3 University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom;   4 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and   5 Zeijiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
 Address correspondence to David J. Kelly, University of Sheffield, Psychology Department, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 2TP, United Kingdom, e-mail: david.kelly@sheffield.ac.uk.
Copyright Copyright © 2007 Association for Psychological Science

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ABSTRACT—Experience plays a crucial role in the development of face processing. In the study reported here, we investigated how faces observed within the visual environment affect the development of the face-processing system during the 1st year of life. We assessed 3-, 6-, and 9-month-old Caucasian infants' ability to discriminate faces within their own racial group and within three other-race groups (African, Middle Eastern, and Chinese). The 3-month-old infants demonstrated recognition in all conditions, the 6-month-old infants were able to recognize Caucasian and Chinese faces only, and the 9-month-old infants' recognition was restricted to own-race faces. The pattern of preferences indicates that the other-race effect is emerging by 6 months of age and is present at 9 months of age. The findings suggest that facial input from the infant's visual environment is crucial for shaping the face-processing system early in infancy, resulting in differential recognition accuracy for faces of different races in adulthood.

(Received 1/16/07; Revision accepted 4/2/07; Final materials received 4/10/07)

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10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02029.x About DOI

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