Determinants of the own-race bias and neural correlates of own- and other-race face processing [Elektronische Ressource] / von Johanna Stahl

Determinants of the Own-Race Bias and neural correlates of own- and other-race face processing Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) Vorgelegt dem Rat der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Dipl.-Psych. Johanna Stahl geboren am 18. 06. 1981 in Ilmenau, Thüringen Gutachter 1. Prof. Dr. Stefan R. Schweinberger Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Deutschland 2. Prof. James W. Tanaka, PhD University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Kanada Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 21. Oktober 2010 Table of contents 1 Preface.................................................................................................................1 2 Introduction.........................................................................................................2 2.1 The own-race bias in face perception..................................................................2 2.1.1 Expertise-based explanations of the own-race bias ...................................3 2.1.2 Socio-cognitive models of the own-race bias ............................................7 2.2 Neuronal correlates of face processing ...............................................................8 2.2.1 P1 ...............................................................................................................9 2.2.2 N170.......