Rights statement: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Tham DSY, Woo PJ, Bremner JG. Development of the other‐race effect in Malaysian‐Chinese infants. Developmental Psychobiology. 2018;00:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21783 which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dev.21783 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of the other-race effect in Malaysian-Chinese infants
AU - Tham, Diana Su Yun
AU - Woo, Pei Jun
AU - Bremner, James Gavin
N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Tham DSY, Woo PJ, Bremner JG. Development of the other‐race effect in Malaysian‐Chinese infants. Developmental Psychobiology. 2018;00:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21783 which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dev.21783 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - Little is known about how infants born and raised in a multiracial environment process own‐ and other‐race faces. We investigated face recognition of 3‐ to 4‐month‐old (N = 36) and 8‐ to 9‐month‐old (N = 38) Chinese infants from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a population that is considered multiracial, using female and male faces that are of infants’ own‐race (Chinese), experienced other‐race (Malay) and less experi‐enced other‐race (Caucasian‐White). Three‐ to 4‐month‐olds recognized own‐race female faces, whereas 8‐ to 9‐month‐olds also recognized experienced other‐race female faces (Malay) in addition to own‐race female faces (Chinese). Furthermore, infants from this population did not show recognition for male faces at any age. This contrasts with 8‐ to 9‐month‐old British‐White infants (Tham, Bremner, & Hay, 2015), a group that is considered single‐race, who recognized female and male own‐race faces. It appears that for infants born and raised in a multiracial environment, there is a developmental shift from a female‐based own‐race recognition advantage to a female‐based own‐ and experienced other‐race advantage that may relate to infants’ social and caregiving experiences.
AB - Little is known about how infants born and raised in a multiracial environment process own‐ and other‐race faces. We investigated face recognition of 3‐ to 4‐month‐old (N = 36) and 8‐ to 9‐month‐old (N = 38) Chinese infants from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a population that is considered multiracial, using female and male faces that are of infants’ own‐race (Chinese), experienced other‐race (Malay) and less experi‐enced other‐race (Caucasian‐White). Three‐ to 4‐month‐olds recognized own‐race female faces, whereas 8‐ to 9‐month‐olds also recognized experienced other‐race female faces (Malay) in addition to own‐race female faces (Chinese). Furthermore, infants from this population did not show recognition for male faces at any age. This contrasts with 8‐ to 9‐month‐old British‐White infants (Tham, Bremner, & Hay, 2015), a group that is considered single‐race, who recognized female and male own‐race faces. It appears that for infants born and raised in a multiracial environment, there is a developmental shift from a female‐based own‐race recognition advantage to a female‐based own‐ and experienced other‐race advantage that may relate to infants’ social and caregiving experiences.
KW - face perception
KW - infants
KW - multiracial population
KW - the other‐race effect
U2 - 10.1002/dev.21783
DO - 10.1002/dev.21783
M3 - Journal article
VL - 61
SP - 107
EP - 115
JO - Developmental Psychobiology
JF - Developmental Psychobiology
SN - 0012-1630
IS - 1
ER -