Cultural Differences in Face Recognition and Potential Underlying Mechanisms
Open Access
- 13 April 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Frontiers in Psychology
Abstract
The ability to recognize a face is crucial for the success of social interactions. Understanding the visual processes underlying this ability has been the focus of a long tradition of research. Recent advances in the field have revealed that individuals having different cultural backgrounds differ in the type of visual information they use for face processing. However, the mechanisms that underpin these differences remain unknown. Here, we revisit recent findings highlighting group differences in face processing. Then, we integrate these results in a model of visual categorization developed in the field of psychophysics: the RAP framework. On the basis of this framework, we discuss potential mechanisms, whether face-specific or not, that may underlie cross-cultural differences in face perception.Funding Information
- Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Government of Canada
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Economic and Social Research Council
- British Academy
- Institut Universitaire de France
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