Can anxiety and race interact to influence face-recognition accuracy? A systematic literature review.

Wrongful convictions continue to occur through eyewitness misidentification. Recognising what factors, or interaction between factors, affect face-recognition is therefore imperative. Extensive research indicates that face-recognition accuracy is impacted by anxiety and by race. Limited research, ho...

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Autores principales: Isabeau K Tindall, Guy J Curtis, Vance Locke
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:03753268caa64712bb05bc15cd801d912021-12-02T20:15:08ZCan anxiety and race interact to influence face-recognition accuracy? A systematic literature review.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0254477https://doaj.org/article/03753268caa64712bb05bc15cd801d912021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254477https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Wrongful convictions continue to occur through eyewitness misidentification. Recognising what factors, or interaction between factors, affect face-recognition is therefore imperative. Extensive research indicates that face-recognition accuracy is impacted by anxiety and by race. Limited research, however, has examined how these factors interact to potentially exacerbate face-recognition deficits. Brigham (2008) suggests that anxiety exacerbates other-race face-recognition deficits. Conversely, Attentional Control Theory predicts that anxiety exacerbates deficits for all faces. This systematic review examined existing studies investigating the possible interaction between anxiety and face-race to compare these theories. Recent studies included in this review found that both anxiety and race influence face-recognition accuracy but found no interaction. Potential moderators existing in reviewed studies, however, might have influenced their results. Separately, in some studies reviewed, anxiety induced during retrieval impacted recognition, contrasting with the conclusions of previous reviews. Recommendations for future research are given to address moderators potentially impacting results observed previously.Isabeau K TindallGuy J CurtisVance LockePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0254477 (2021)
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Isabeau K Tindall
Guy J Curtis
Vance Locke
Can anxiety and race interact to influence face-recognition accuracy? A systematic literature review.
description Wrongful convictions continue to occur through eyewitness misidentification. Recognising what factors, or interaction between factors, affect face-recognition is therefore imperative. Extensive research indicates that face-recognition accuracy is impacted by anxiety and by race. Limited research, however, has examined how these factors interact to potentially exacerbate face-recognition deficits. Brigham (2008) suggests that anxiety exacerbates other-race face-recognition deficits. Conversely, Attentional Control Theory predicts that anxiety exacerbates deficits for all faces. This systematic review examined existing studies investigating the possible interaction between anxiety and face-race to compare these theories. Recent studies included in this review found that both anxiety and race influence face-recognition accuracy but found no interaction. Potential moderators existing in reviewed studies, however, might have influenced their results. Separately, in some studies reviewed, anxiety induced during retrieval impacted recognition, contrasting with the conclusions of previous reviews. Recommendations for future research are given to address moderators potentially impacting results observed previously.
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Vance Locke
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title Can anxiety and race interact to influence face-recognition accuracy? A systematic literature review.
title_short Can anxiety and race interact to influence face-recognition accuracy? A systematic literature review.
title_full Can anxiety and race interact to influence face-recognition accuracy? A systematic literature review.
title_fullStr Can anxiety and race interact to influence face-recognition accuracy? A systematic literature review.
title_full_unstemmed Can anxiety and race interact to influence face-recognition accuracy? A systematic literature review.
title_sort can anxiety and race interact to influence face-recognition accuracy? a systematic literature review.
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