{"id":4896,"date":"2014-06-05T09:51:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T13:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/inbre\/?page_id=4896"},"modified":"2014-06-05T09:51:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T13:51:57","slug":"malloy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/research\/surf-training-award\/malloy\/","title":{"rendered":"Differential visual attention hypothesis: Afrocentric features, biased perception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Investigator:<\/strong>\u00a0Thomas Malloy, Rhode Island College<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific Theme:<\/strong>\u00a0Neuroscience<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Abstract:\u00a0<\/strong>A basic finding in social psychology is that people make judgments of others based on the degree to which\u00a0their physical features deviate from the average features for a racial or ethnic category. Theory proposes\u00a0that Blacks and Whites use skin tone, nose breadth and lip fullness (i.e. Afrocentric features) as a basis for\u00a0judgments of a broad array of characteristics of Blacks. Research in the Intergroup Relations Laboratory at\u00a0Rhode Island College uses eye-tracking technology to measure precisely eye movements when viewing an\u00a0array of faces. When searching for the perpetrator of a crime, Whites allocated greater visual attention to\u00a0Black faces with average and darker skin tones than to faces with light tones. When searching for the victim\u00a0of a crime, Whites allocated greater attention to Black faces with light skin tone and less attention to those\u00a0with darker tone skin. Experiment 1 is an extension of this work, and will examine the effect of three facial\u00a0features (skin tone, nose breadth, and lip fullness) in combination with crime-related stereotypes on visual\u00a0attention to Black faces when searching for the perpetrator or victim of a crime. Both Black and White\u00a0participants will be included. It is expected that Blacks\u2019 and Whites\u2019 will allocate greater visual attention to\u00a0highly Afrocentric Black faces when searching for the perpetrator of a crime, and will allocate greater visual\u00a0attention to Black faces that are low on Afrocentricity when searching for the victim of a crime. Experiment 2\u00a0extends the focus from negative to positive group stereotypes. There should be evidence that facial features\u00a0affect visual attention to them that, in turn, affects biased behavioral responses based on positive group\u00a0stereotypes. The goal is to demonstrate that facial features of Blacks and Whites affect visual attention to\u00a0them and is a basic mechanism in stereotyping and discrimination. If the specific facial features that lead to\u00a0visual attention bias can be understood, interventions can be designed to reduce the bias and discriminatory\u00a0behavior that may follow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Human Health Relevance:\u00a0<\/strong>Visual attention bias occurs outside of awareness, and may lead to unwitting discriminatory behavior by a\u00a0health care provider. This could affect patient satisfaction, willingness to seek treatment and compliance\u00a0with treatment in the patient-practitioner dyad. This research will reveal the facial features that capture visual\u00a0attention and produce discrimination so that interventions to reduce bias can be developed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigator:\u00a0Thomas Malloy, Rhode Island College Scientific Theme:\u00a0Neuroscience Abstract:\u00a0A basic finding in social psychology is that people make judgments of others based on the degree to which\u00a0their physical features deviate from the average features for a racial or ethnic category. Theory proposes\u00a0that Blacks and Whites use skin tone, nose breadth and lip fullness (i.e. Afrocentric features) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1036,"featured_media":0,"parent":10206,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-twocol.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4896","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4896\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}