Effects of training on Japanese face recognition: Reduction of the other-race effect

Subjects with demonstrated poor memory for Japanese faces were either intensively trained to learn Japanese face-digit pairs or assigned to a no-training control condition. Immediately following training, and at 1 and at 5 months later, trained subjects showed improved recognition when tested with new sets of Japanese faces. The no-training controls, who were tested on the same schedule, showed improvement only on the 5-month test. Data are discussed in relation to schema development and the “other-race” effect.