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    The Cross Race Effect is a phenomenon based off of both perceptual expertise and social cognition. The fusiform gyrus is responsible for facial recognition it responds collectively to faces. Damage to this area can lead to misidentification of other faces, a contributing factor to prosopagnosia, an inability to recognize human faces.

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    The Cross Race Effect is a phenomenon based off of both perceptual expertise and social cognition. The fusiform gyrus is responsible for facial recognition it responds collectively to faces. Damage to this area can lead to misidentification of other faces, a contributing factor to prosopagnosia, an inability to recognize human faces.

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    Okeh1

    ChelseaOkeh
    G/TIndependentResearchPeriod3
    May25,2016
    PrimaryResearchResults

    ThroughresearchoftheCrossRaceEffect,informationwasgatheredthroughthe
    primaryresearchmediumofinterviews.Theseinterviewswereconductedwiththree
    psychologiststoanalyzethesocialcognitive,aswellasperceptualexpertiseregardingtheCRE
    andhowitimpactstheracialjudgementofindividuals.InterviewswereheldwithDr.StevenG.
    Young,Dr.MichaelJBernstein,andDr.JohnPaulWilsonrespectively.
    TheCrossRaceEffectisaphenomenonbasedoffofbothperceptualexpertiseandsocial
    cognition.Thesecompetingcategoriesarebasedoffofthedifferentfieldswithin
    psychologybothexperimentalpsychology,whichconsistsoflabbasedanddrivendataUnder
    socialpsychology,thesocialcognitivefactorsarewhatsupportsocialcognition.TheCREisa
    socialcognitiveissuebecausewhatresearchersbelieveduetothewaytheythinkaboutinand
    outgroups.ItisamatterofexperienceandseeingCrossRaceFaces
    Makingpeoplereallygoodatidentifyingfaces,believingS.Cognitionistherightwayover
    expertise.
    TheCrossRaceEffectisbasedoffbothscienceandpsychology.Thescienceaspects
    havetodowiththeoccurrenceofthisnaturalphenomenoninthenaturalworld,justlikethe
    weather,thermodynamics,andgravity.Thesefactorscannotbemanipulated,andcannotbe
    understoodunlessstudiedandobserved.However,bothpsychologyandsciencemeetwhen
    studyingtheneuroscienceandparts/functionsofthebrainandtheactivityandspatial/cognitive

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    processingthathappenswhensomeoneisundergoingthefacialcategorizationoftheCRE.The
    location/areaofthebrainwherethisoccursisthefusiformgyrus,withinthesuperolaterallobe
    ofthebrain.Thefusiformgyrusisresponsibleforfacialrecognition
    itrespondscollectivelyto
    faces.Theactivityinthefusiformisonlybyinpersonortangiblephotographicevidence.
    Picturesseenontheinternetdoaffectactivityinthefusiformcomparedtosamerace
    comparison.Inthiscase,thereismorefusiformactivitybecausethedifferenceinprocessing
    leadstomorecomplexfacialrecognition.Damagestothefusiformcanleadtomisidentification
    ofotherfaces,acontributingfactortoprosopagnosia,aninabilitytorecognizehumanfaces.
    ProsopagnosiaisalsoaleadingcauseoftheCrossraceeffect,andinabilitytorecognizepeople
    ofcertainracesoutsideofonesown.Prosopagnosiacanalsobecongenital,orfrombirth
    leadingtootherfactorsthatarenottakenintoconsiderationunderthecourtoflaworwhen
    placingasubjectoneyewitnesstestimony.

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