AUTHOR=Lv Jing , Yan Tianyi , Tao Luyang , Zhao Lun 

TITLE=The Role of Configural Processing in Face Classification by Race: An ERP Study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2015

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00679

DOI=10.3389/fnhum.2015.00679

ISSN=1662-5161

ABSTRACT=The current study investigated the time course of the other-race classification advantage (ORCA) in the subordinate classification of normally configured faces and distorted faces by race. Slightly distorting the face configuration delayed even more the categorization of own-race faces having no conspicuous effect on other race faces. The N170 was not sensitive to configural distortions and faces’ races. The P3 was enhanced for other-race than own-race faces and reduced by configural manipulation only for own-race faces. We suggest that the source of ORCA is the configural analysis applied by default while processing own-race faces.