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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2021. Vol. 14, no. 4, 142–163
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2021140408
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

Other Race Effect: Theoretical Concepts, Research Tools, Experimental Data

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K.I. Ananyeva

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Abstract

The results of a literature review on the effect of other races are presented. The studies are presented that demonstrate the rich phenomenology of the features of perception, recognition and memorization of the faces of one’s own and other racial groups. The main models explaining the occurrence of the effect of the other race are given.

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Keywords: other race effect, face perception, face memory, face recognition, discriminatory task, contact hypothesis, perceptual experience

Journal rubric: Face Science

Article type: review article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2021140408

Funding. The reported study was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), project number № 19-113-50341 "Expansion".

Received: 14.06.2020

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For citation: Ananyeva K.I. Other Race Effect: Theoretical Concepts, Research Tools, Experimental Data. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2021. Vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 142–163. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2021140408. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Kristina I. Ananyeva, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor, Research Fellow, Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis (Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis), Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1666-3269, e-mail: ananyevaki@ipran.ru

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