ERIC Number: EJ1349082
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-4080
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Three-Level Meta-Analysis of the Other-Race Bias in Facial Identification
Lee, Jungwon; Penrod, Steven D.
Applied Cognitive Psychology, v36 n5 p1106-1130 Sep-Oct 2022
The current research conducted a three-level meta-analysis with a total of 159 journal articles on the other-race bias in facial identification, which had been published between 1969 and 2021. The effect size analysis yielded moderate pooled effect sizes of the other-race bias on face identification--people showed higher hit rates and discriminability, lower false alarm rates, and more stringent criteria for own-race faces than for other-race faces. Results from the sensitivity analysis and publication bias analysis also supported the robustness of the other-race bias. In moderation analyses, participant race (White vs. non-White) and retention interval between the study and test phases produced stable moderating effects on estimates of the other-race bias. Despite an increase in racial diversity for decades in our society, the current meta-analysis still demonstrated robust effects of the other-race bias in facial identification, replicating findings from the previous meta-analyses.
Descriptors: Human Body, Identification, Racial Factors, Recognition (Psychology), Visual Discrimination, Racism, Whites, Minority Groups
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: SES1754079
Data File: URL: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/SJ2TG
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