Right wing authoritarianism is associated with race bias in face detection

Bret, Amélie; Beffara, Brice; McFadyen, Jessica; Mermillod, Martial

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179894

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“…We found that RWA was negatively related specifically to the automatic processing of power cues, but not to automatic processing of an arbitrary concept such as gender. This result fits previous research that found RWA to go along with race bias in early face perception, such that higher RWA slowed responses when detecting out‐group faces (Bret et al, 2017). This example shows associations of RWA with another phenomenon related to the content of the construct.…”

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Looks like power: Automatic processing of power cues from briefly presented primes

Schneider

Molitor

Neumann

2022

British J of Psychology

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Power, as a ubiquitous feature of social relations, is frequently used in information processing. Due to its relevance for social interactions, we expected that power is automatically processed. In three experiments, participants categorized stimuli in a response window priming procedure as either powerful or power‐neutral. The stimuli were preceded by briefly presented primes that were either never used as targets or were also used as targets. We obtained evidence for an automatic, unintentional processing of power‐related pictures even when novel primes were processed. The effect even occurred when primes and targets did not share any perceptual features, such that primes had to be processed semantically. We further revealed correlations between the automatic processing of power cues and right‐wing authoritarianism, but not social dominance orientation status, or power ability. In sum, we show a stable priming effect indicating that power is automatically processed from briefly presented primes.

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Looks like power: Automatic processing of power cues from briefly presented primes

Schneider

Molitor

Neumann

2022

British J of Psychology

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“…No que diz respeito à validação discriminativa, os resultados apontam uma correlação positiva entre a ERR e a escala de autoritarismo (RWA). Esse resultado era esperado, uma vez que sabemos que o autoritarismo é uma das bases do racismo (Bret, Beffara, McFadyen, & Mermillod, 2017…”

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Construção e validação da Escala de Racismo Revitimizador

Lima

Barbosa

Araujo

et al. 2020

Estud. Interdiscip. Psicol.

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O racismo apresenta duas características centrais: persistência e adaptação. Considerando as mudanças sociais e políticas do Brasil na atualidade, hipotetiza-se que ele atue mediante atribuição de culpa às minorias pela existência do próprio racismo, numa lógica de revitimização. Neste artigo procedemos a construção e validação de uma Escala de Racismo Revitimizador (ERR). Foram realizados dois estudos. O primeiro (n = 121, 50,4% do sexo feminino, idade média = 25,3, DP=10,2) procedeu a uma análise de conteúdo de posts na internet para a construção e confirmação da ERR. O segundo (n = 104, 54,8% de sexo masculino, idade média = 22,9, DP=7,3) procedeu a validação convergente com o racismo moderno e discriminativa com o autoritarismo, bem como Análise Fatorial Confirmatória e correlações com a motivação interna/externa para responder sem preconceito. Os resultados demonstram que a ERR é menos obstrutiva que a escala de racismo moderno e apresenta validade convergente e discriminativa.

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“…In the literature, stronger Right Wing Authoritarianism scores have reportedly been related to slower response times for detecting out-group rather than ingroup faces. It is therefore hypothesized that socio-political ideologies, such as Right Wing Authoritarianism might foster early racial bias through attentional disengagement towards out-group faces [92]. If so, for individuals reporting stronger Right Wing Authoritarianism ideologies, the correlated enhanced caudate activity might support selective attention to the valuable and rewarding in-group faces.…”

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Exposure to Multicultural Context Affects Neural Response to Out-Group Faces: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Carollo

Rigo

Bizzego

et al. 2023

Sensors

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Recent migration and globalization trends have led to the emergence of ethnically, religiously, and linguistically diverse countries. Understanding the unfolding of social dynamics in multicultural contexts becomes a matter of common interest to promote national harmony and social cohesion among groups. The current functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study aimed to (i) explore the neural signature of the in-group bias in the multicultural context; and (ii) assess the relationship between the brain activity and people’s system-justifying ideologies. A sample of 43 (22 females) Chinese Singaporeans (M = 23.36; SD = 1.41) was recruited. All participants completed the Right Wing Authoritarianism Scale and Social Dominance Orientation Scale to assess their system-justifying ideologies. Subsequently, four types of visual stimuli were presented in an fMRI task: Chinese (in-group), Indian (typical out-group), Arabic (non-typical out-group), and Caucasian (non-typical out-group) faces. The right middle occipital gyrus and the right postcentral gyrus showed enhanced activity when participants were exposed to in-group (Chinese) rather than out-group (Arabic, Indian, and Caucasian) faces. Regions having a role in mentalization, empathetic resonance, and social cognition showed enhanced activity to Chinese (in-group) rather than Indian (typical out-group) faces. Similarly, regions typically involved in socioemotional and reward-related processing showed increased activation when participants were shown Chinese (in-group) rather than Arabic (non-typical out-group) faces. The neural activations in the right postcentral gyrus for in-group rather than out-group faces and in the right caudate in response to Chinese rather than Arabic faces were in a significant positive correlation with participants’ Right Wing Authoritarianism scores (p < 0.05). Furthermore, the activity in the right middle occipital gyrus for Chinese rather than out-group faces was in a significant negative correlation with participants’ Social Dominance Orientation scores (p < 0.05). Results are discussed by considering the typical role played by the activated brain regions in socioemotional processes as well as the role of familiarity to out-group faces.

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Right wing authoritarianism is associated with race bias in face detection

Cited by 7 publications

References 34 publications

Looks like power: Automatic processing of power cues from briefly presented primes

Looks like power: Automatic processing of power cues from briefly presented primes

Construção e validação da Escala de Racismo Revitimizador

Exposure to Multicultural Context Affects Neural Response to Out-Group Faces: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

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