Juror sensitivity to the cross-race effect.

Juror sensitivity to the cross-race effect.

Black and White mock jurors' sensitivity to the cross-race effect was investigated by varying the race of the eyewitness in a simulated murder trial of a Black defendant. Participants heard an audiotape of a trial after which they rendered a verdict and rated the credibility of the witnesses. White participants found the prosecution witnesses (including the eyewitness) more credible, and the de...

What is "Race-To-The-Bottom" Effect On FDI Inflow?

Inverting faces elicits sensitivity to race on the N170 component: a cross-cultural study.

Human beings are natural experts at processing faces, with some notable exceptions. Same-race faces are better recognized than other-race faces: the so-called other-race effect (ORE). Inverting faces impairs recognition more than for any other inverted visual object: the so-called face inversion effect (FIE). Interestingly, the FIE is stronger for same- compared to other-race faces. At the elec...

Examining The Cross-Race Effect Using Racially Ambiguous Faces

The cross-race effect occurs when other-race faces are more difficult to recognize than same-race faces. This well-known phenomenon poses a problem when eyewitnesses to a crime are required to identify persons of another race. This problem was addressed via a face recognition test using racially ambiguous faces. Fifteen Hispanic (UTEP) students participated in a standard face recognition task. ...

Forecasting Life and Death : Juror Race , Religion , and Attitude toward the Death Penalty

Determining whether race, sex, or other juror characteristics influence how capital case jurors vote is difficult. Jurors tend to vote for death in more egregious cases and for life in less egregious cases no matter what their own characteristics. And a juror's personal characteristics may get lost in the process of deliberation because the final verdict reflects the jury's will, not the indivi...