Suhrke, JaninaJaninaSuhrkeFreitag, ClaudiaClaudiaFreitagLamm, BettinaBettinaLammTeiser, JohannaJohannaTeiserFassbender, InaInaFassbenderPoloczek, SonjaSonjaPoloczekTeubert, ManuelManuelTeubertVoehringer, Isabel A.Isabel A.VoehringerKeller, HeidiHeidiKellerKnopf, MonikaMonikaKnopfLohaus, ArnoldArnoldLohausSchwarzer, GudrunGudrunSchwarzer2022-11-182014-12-152022-11-182014http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hebis:26-opus-112361https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/handle/jlupub/9086http://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-8474Recognizing individual faces is an important human ability that highly depends on experience. This is reflected in the so called other-race effect; adults are better at recognizing faces from their own ethnic group, while very young infants do not show this specialization yet. Two experiments examined whether 3-year-old children from two different cultural backgrounds show the other-race effect. In Experiment 1, German children (N = 41) were presented with a forced choice paradigm where they were asked to recognize female Caucasian or African faces. In Experiment 2, 3-year-olds from Cameroon (N = 66) participated in a similar task using the same stimulus material. In both cultures the other-race effect was present; children were better at recognizing individual faces from their own ethnic group. In addition, German children performed at a higher overall level of accuracy than Cameroonians. The results are discussed in relation to cultural aspects in particular.enNamensnennung 3.0 Internationalother-raceeffectchildrenfacerecognitionGermanyCameroonddc:150