Motivational relevance conferred by conceptual knowledge prioritizes visual processing, as shown by moderators of the other-race effect¶

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q2 i? The other-race effect is attenuated when other-race faces gain motivational relevance through shared affiliation, and processing goals shape whether the N170 is attenuated or enhanced for other-race faces. → Collins 2014

Evidence¶

Collins 2014¶

Collins, Jessica A., & Olson, Ingrid R. (2014). Knowledge is Power: How Conceptual Knowledge Transforms Visual Cognition. Psychonomic bulletin & review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0564-3

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The review reports behavioral and electrophysiological findings that motivational relevance and perceiver goals modulate face encoding: relative to same-race faces, the N170 is attenuated for other-race faces when participants attend to race and enhanced when attending to identity. No effect sizes printed.

"the ORE is attenuated for faces that are made more motivationally relevant through a shared university affiliation (Hehman, Mania, & Gaertner, 2010)"

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