Predominance of eyes and surface information for face race categorization

Abstract Faces can be categorized in various ways, for example as male or female or as belonging to a specific biogeographic ancestry (race). Here we tested the importance of the main facial features for race perception. We exchanged inner facial features (eyes, mouth or nose), face contour (everyth...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Bülthoff, Wonmo Jung, Regine G. M. Armann, Christian Wallraven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81476-1