Anglia Ruskin Research Online (ARRO)
Browse
Stereotype priming in face recognition.pdf (582.08 kB)

Stereotype priming in face recognition: interactions between semantic and visual information in face encoding

Download (582.08 kB)
journal contribution
posted on 2023-08-30, 13:48 authored by Peter J. Hills, Michael B. Lewis, Rob C. Honey
The accuracy with which previously unfamiliar faces are recognised is increased by the presentation of a stereotype-congruent occupation label (Klatzky, Martin, & Kane, 1982a, b). For example, providing the label ‘criminal’ both during encoding and test improves recognition for previously unfamiliar faces that look like the stereotypical criminal. Experiments 1 and 2 both replicate this effect and show that the label exerts its influence during the encoding of stereotypical faces and has little influence at test. These findings indicate that semantic information that is congruent with novel stereotypical faces facilitates their encoding.

History

Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

108

Issue number

1

Page range

185-200

Publication title

Cognition

ISSN

1873-7838

Publisher

Elsevier

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2013-06-25

Legacy creation date

2019-08-22

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Science & Technology (until September 2018)

Usage metrics

    ARU Outputs

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC