ABSTRACT
In face recognition, biases are often present so that the recognition of some
types of faces is better than for others. The own-race bias is the most widely
known, showing that own-race faces are easier to recognize than faces of
other races (e.g., Meissner & Brigham, 2001; Tanaka, Heptonstall, & Hagen,
this issue 2013). In addition, there is an own-age bias, suggesting that it is
easier to recognize and remember faces belonging to persons within the own
age range (e.g., Rhodes & Anastasi, 2012; Wiese, Komes, & Schweinberger,
this issue 2013). The focus of the present paper is on sex differences in face
Please address all correspondence to Agneta Herlitz, Section of Psychology, Karolinska
Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: Agneta.Herlitz@ki.se
This research was supported by the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Council for
Working Life and Social Research awarded to AH. The authors wish to thank Joshua Juvrud
for assistance in the editing process and Jenny Rehnman for earlier work contributing to the
ideas put forward in this paper.
