Tag: Perception

  • Arguing That Black Is White: Racial Categorization of Mixed-Race Faces Perception Published online before print: 2015-12-29 DOI: 10.1177/0301006615624321 Michael B. Lewis, Reader in Psychology Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom Previous research has demonstrated that racially ambiguous faces (blended from Black and White parent faces) are categorized as being Black more often than White. This has…

  • Why are mixed-race people perceived as more attractive? Perception Volume 39, Issue 1 (2010) pages 136-138 ISSN: 0301-0066 (print), 1468-4233 (electronic) Michael B. Lewis, Senior Lecturer of Psychology Cardiff University Previous, small scale, studies have suggested that people of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people. Here, it is suggested that…