TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cultural differences in object recognition
T2 - Comparing asylum seekers from Sub-Saharan Africa and a matched Western European control group
AU - de Bruïne, Gabi
AU - Vredeveldt, A.
AU - van Koppen, Peter
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - Nowadays, more and more people report about their memories in cross-cultural contexts. In international criminal settings and asylum procedures, object recognition tests can provide valuable information, for example, about weapons used during a crime or landmarks from the claimed region of origin. This study was the first to compare object recognition performance by asylum seekers from Sub-Saharan Africa to a matched Western European control group. African participants performed worse than European participants on perceptual tests involving transformations from two- to three-dimensional representations, but both groups performed equally well on an object recognition test that involved transformation from three- to two-dimensional representations. However, African participants were significantly more likely to respond “yes” on the recognition test (i.e., an acquiescence response style) than European participants. Our findings elucidate cultural differences in responding on an object recognition test. Judges, juries, and immigration officials would be wise to take these differences into account when evaluating recognition performance in cross-cultural contexts.
AB - Nowadays, more and more people report about their memories in cross-cultural contexts. In international criminal settings and asylum procedures, object recognition tests can provide valuable information, for example, about weapons used during a crime or landmarks from the claimed region of origin. This study was the first to compare object recognition performance by asylum seekers from Sub-Saharan Africa to a matched Western European control group. African participants performed worse than European participants on perceptual tests involving transformations from two- to three-dimensional representations, but both groups performed equally well on an object recognition test that involved transformation from three- to two-dimensional representations. However, African participants were significantly more likely to respond “yes” on the recognition test (i.e., an acquiescence response style) than European participants. Our findings elucidate cultural differences in responding on an object recognition test. Judges, juries, and immigration officials would be wise to take these differences into account when evaluating recognition performance in cross-cultural contexts.
KW - Asylum seekers
KW - Cross-cultural psychology
KW - Eyewitness memory
KW - Object recognition
KW - Signal detection theory
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U2 - 10.1002/acp.3419
DO - 10.1002/acp.3419
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047743357
SN - 0888-4080
VL - 32
SP - 463
EP - 473
JO - Applied Cognitive Psychology
JF - Applied Cognitive Psychology
IS - 4
ER -