Looking the part: social status cues shape race perception.

It is commonly believed that race is perceived through another's facial features, such as skin color. In the present research, we demonstrate that cues to social status that often surround a face systematically change the perception of its race. Participants categorized the race of faces that v...

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Main Authors: Jonathan B Freeman, Andrew M Penner, Aliya Saperstein, Matthias Scheutz, Nalini Ambady
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3180382?pdf=render