The present study was designed to examine whether there is a difference in hemispheric superiority in the recognition of European and Asian faces. A visual hemifield-presentation technique involving monocular testing was employed. Ten European subjects were presented a recognition task involving European faces and 10 other European subjects a similar task involving Asian faces. The data indicated no hemispheric superiority in either case; however, subjects made significantly more errors in recognising Asian faces than European faces in both visual hemifields.
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