What happens to everyday social interactions when other-race recognition fails? Here, we provide the first formal investigation of this question. We gave East Asian international students (N = 89) a questionnaire concerning their experiences of the other-race effect (ORE) in Australia, and a laboratory test of their objective other-race face recognition deficit using the Cambridge Face Memory Test (CFMT). As a ‘perpetrator’ of the ORE, participants reported that their problems telling apart Caucasian people contributed significantly to difficulties socializing with them. Moreover, the severity of this problem correlated with their ORE on the CFMT. As a ‘victim’ of the ORE, participants reported that Caucasians' problems telling them apart also contributed to difficulties socializing. Further, 81% of participants had been confused with other Asians by a Caucasian authority figure (e.g., university tutor, workplace boss), resulting in varying levels of upset/difficulty. When compared to previously established contributors to international students' high rates of social isolation, ORE-related problems were perceived as equally important as the language barrier and only moderately less important than cultural differences. We conclude that the real-world impact of the ORE extends beyond previously identified specialized settings (eyewitness testimony, security), to common everyday situations experienced by all humans.

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为什么其他种族效应很重要：对其他种族面孔的认识不足会影响日常社交互动

当其他种族识别失败时，日常社交互动会发生什么？在这里，我们提供了这个问题的第一个正式调查。我们给东亚国际学生（N = 89) 一份关于他们在澳大利亚的其他种族效应 (ORE) 经历的问卷调查，以及使用剑桥面部记忆测试 (CFMT) 对他们客观的其他种族面部识别缺陷进行的实验室测试。作为 ORE 的“肇事者”，参与者报告说，他们区分白种人的问题极大地导致了与他们交往的困难。此外，这个问题的严重性与他们在 CFMT 上的 ORE 相关。作为 ORE 的“受害者”，参与者报告说，白种人区分他们的问题也导致社交困难。此外，81% 的参与者曾被白人权威人物（例如，大学导师、工作场所老板）与其他亚洲人混淆，导致不同程度的不安/困难。与先前确定的导致国际学生高社会孤立率的因素相比，与 ORE 相关的问题被认为与语言障碍同等重要，仅次于文化差异。我们得出结论，ORE 对现实世界的影响超出了先前确定的专门设置（目击者证词、安全性），扩展到所有人都经历过的常见日常情况。