The Left-Side Bias Is Reduced to Other-Race Faces in Caucasian Individuals.

ABSTRACT: One stable marker of face perception appears to be left-side bias, the tendency to rely more on information conveyed by the left side of the face than the right. Previous studies have shown that left-side bias is influenced by familiarity and prior experience with face stimuli. Since other-race facial recognition is characterized by reduced familiarity, in contrast to own-race facial recognition, the phenomenon of left-side bias is expected to be weaker for other-race faces. Among Chinese participants, face inversion has been found to eliminate the left-side bias associated with own-race faces. Therefore, it is of interest to know whether face inversion influences left-side bias for non-Chinese research participants and can be generalized across own- and other-race faces. This study assess

SUBMITTER: Kang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9083412 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature