Multiracial individuals represent a growing segment of the population and have been
increasingly the focus of empirical study. Much of this research centers on the perception …

Understanding the perception of multiracial persons is increasingly important in today's
diverse society. The present research investigated the process of categorizing multiracial …

Face-based perceptions form the basis for how people behave towards each other and,
hence, are central to understanding human interaction. Studying face perception requires a …

The present research sought to provide new insights on the principles guiding the
categorization of Black-White multiracial faces at a first encounter. Previous studies have …

The racial categorization literature, reliant on forced-choice tasks, suggests that mixed-race
targets are often categorized using the parent faces that created the racially mixed stimuli …

Multiracial research emphasizes hypodescent categorizations and relies on computer-
generated stimuli. Four experiments showed that real biracial faces in a 2-Choice …

Although race is one of the most salient status characteristics in American society, many
observers cannot distinguish the racial ancestries of multiracial youth. This paper examines …

Participants (N= 59) performed racial typicality ratings and racial categorization of affectively
neutral faces. The authors manipulated facial physiognomy, skin tone, and color …

Race and gender categories, although long presumed to be perceived independently, are
inextricably tethered in social perception due in part to natural confounding of phenotypic …

Accusations of discriminatory treatment of minority persons in the criminal justice system
create a need for policy and procedure development to create real and perceived equal …