2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the mechanism of own-gender bias on face cognition and memory
| Project/Area Number |
23730699
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 実験系心理学 / 顔 / 記憶 / 認識 / ジェンダーバイアス / 目撃証言 / 認知心理学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Own-gender bias in face memory and cognition is the phenomenon in which people exhibit better performance for own-gender faces than other-gender faces. We investigated whether perceptual expertise factors or social cognitive factors contribute to own-gender bias in face recognition. As a result, we found that not perceptual expertise factors but social cognitive factors may contribute to own-gender bias in face recognition.
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