Wolff, N. and Kemter, K. and Schweinberger, S.R. and Wiese, H. (2014) 'What drives social in-group biases in face recognition memory? ERP evidence from the own-gender bias.', Social cognitive and affective neuroscience., 9 (5). pp. 580-590.
Abstract
It is well established that memory is more accurate for own-relative to other-race faces (own-race bias), which has been suggested to result from larger perceptual expertise for own-race faces. Previous studies also demonstrated better memory for own-relative to other-gender faces, which is less likely to result from differences in perceptual expertise, and rather may be related to social in-group vs out-group categorization. We examined neural correlates of the own-gender bias using event-related potentials (ERP). In a recognition memory experiment, both female and male participants remembered faces of their respective own gender more accurately compared with other-gender faces. ERPs during learning yielded significant differences between the subsequent memory effects (subsequently remembered – subsequently forgotten) for own-gender compared with other-gender faces in the occipito-temporal P2 and the central N200, whereas neither later subsequent memory effects nor ERP old/new effects at test reflected a neural correlate of the own-gender bias. We conclude that the own-gender bias is mainly related to study phase processes, which is in line with sociocognitive accounts.
Item Type: | Article |
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Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (1402Kb) |
Status: | Peer-reviewed |
Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst024 |
Publisher statement: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience following peer review. The version of record Nicole Wolff, Kathleen Kemter, Stefan R. Schweinberger, Holger Wiese; What drives social in-group biases in face recognition memory? ERP evidence from the own-gender bias. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2014; 9 (5): 580-590 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst024 |
Date accepted: | 21 February 2013 |
Date deposited: | 10 March 2017 |
Date of first online publication: | 22 March 2013 |
Date first made open access: | No date available |
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