Gizelle Anzures

Education

Ph.D., University of Toronto

Research Interests

• role of visual experience in shaping human behavior and brain function
• developmental changes in social cognition and brain function
• development of face processing abilities
• development of racial bias
• development of autism spectrum disorder

Research Description

My research examines the role of experience in shaping developmental changes in social cognition and brain function. To study this, I examine developmental changes in the ability to process socially relevant information from human faces, such as identity, race, and age. Our abilities to quickly and accurately process such information is largely influenced by our specific experiences with individuals from different racial, age, and gender groups. My research examines cognitive, perceptual/experiential, and neural mechanisms underlying the development of face perception and expertise. I use a variety of techniques in my studies, including eye-tracking, ERP/EEG, and fMRI. My current research projects are examining developmental changes in brain networks involved in social cognition and the role of experience in shaping racial biases. My research program has important implications for the atypical development of social cognition (e.g., autism spectrum disorder) and the development of racial preferences.

Publications

Anzures,G. , & Mildort, M. (in press). The influence of task demands and implicit racial bias on face-sensitive visual ERPs to own- and other-race faces.Visual Cognition.

Anzures ,  G ., Mildort, M., Bell, C., & Soethe, E. (2023). Visual examination of own- and other-race face identities and implicit racial bias. Current Psychology ,  42 , 24986-24997.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03580-3

Anzures,  G., Mildort, M., Fennell, E., Bell, C., & Soethe E. (2022). Race and early face-sensitive ERPs in children and adults.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,  214, 105287.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105287

Bedford, R., Leno, V. C., Wright, N., Bluett-Duncan, M., Smith, T. J   ., Anzures   ,    G   ., Pickles, A., Sharp H., & Hill, J. (2021). Emotion recognition performance in children with callous  unemotional traits is modulated by co-occurring autistic traits. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 50, 811-827.    https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2020.1833338

Anzures,  G., Mildort, M. (2021). Do perceptual expertise and implicit racial bias predict early face-sensitive ERP responses?  Brain and Cognition,  147, 105671.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105671

Anzures,  G., Quinn, P. C., Pascalis, O., Slater, A., & Lee, K. (2019). Development of face processing ability in childhood. In Zelazo, P. D. (Ed.),  The Oxford handbook of developmental psychology, Volume 1: Body and Mind. New York: Oxford University Press.  https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199958450.013.0012_update_001

Haist, F., &  Anzures,  G. (2017). Functional development of the brain’s face-processing system.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science,  8, e1423.  https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1423

Lee, K.,  Anzures,  G., & Freire, A. (2017). Cognitive development in adolescence. In A. Slater & G. Bremner (Eds.),  An introduction to developmental psychology,  3^rd  edition. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Anzures,  G., Goyet, L., Ganea, N., & Johnson, M. H. (2016). Enhanced ERPs to visual stimuli in unaffected male siblings of ASD children.  Child Neuropsychology,  22, 220-237.  https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2014.988609

Anzures,  G., Kelly, D. J., Pascalis, O., Quinn, P. C., Slater, A. M., de Viviés, X., & Lee, K. (2014). Own- and other-race face identity recognition in children: The effects of pose and feature composition.  Developmental Psychology,  50, 469-481.   https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033166

Anzures,  G., Quinn, P. C., Pascalis, O., Slater, A. M., & Lee, K. (2013). Development of own-race biases.  Visual Cognition,  21, 1165-1182.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2013.821428

Anzures,  G., Quinn, P. C., Pascalis, O., Slater, A. M., Tanaka, J. W., & Lee, K. (2013). Developmental origins of the other-race effect.  Current Directions in Psychological Science,  22, 173-178.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721412474459

Liu, S.,  Anzures,  G., Ge, L., Quinn, P. C., Pascalis, O., Slater, A. M., Tanaka, J. W., & Lee, K. (2013). Development of recognition of face parts from unfamiliar faces.  Infant and Child Development,  22, 165-179.  https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.1781

Xiao, W. S., Xiao, N. G., Quinn, P. C.,  Anzures,  G., & Lee, K. (2013). Development of face scanning for own- and other-race faces in infancy.  International Journal of Behavioral Development,  37, 100-105.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025412467584

Quinn, P. C.,  Anzures,  G., Lee, K., Pascalis, O., Slater, A. M., & Tanaka, J. W. (2013). On the developmental origins of differential responding to social category information. In M. R. Banaji & S. A. Gelman (Eds.),  Navigating the social world: What infants, children, and other species can teach us  (pp. 286-291). New York: Oxford University Press.  https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199890712.003.0052

Anzures,  G., Wheeler, A., Quinn, P. C., Pascalis, O., Slater, A. M., Heron-Delaney, M., Tanaka, J., & Lee, K. (2012). Brief daily exposure to Asian females reverses perceptual narrowing for Asian faces in Caucasian infants.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,  112(4), 484-495.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2012.04.005

Robbins, R. A., Maurer, D., Hatry, A.,  Anzures,  G., & Mondloch, C. J. (2012). Effects of normal and abnormal visual experience on the development of opposing aftereffects for upright and inverted faces.  Developmental Science,  15(2), 194-203.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01116.x

Anzures,  G., Ge, L., Wang, Z., Itakura, S., & Lee, K. (2011). An own-age bias in adults’ facial age judgments.  Psychologia,  54, 166-174.  https://doi.org/10.1167/10.7.624

 Pascalis, O., de Martin de Viviés, X., Anzures, G., Quinn, P. C., Slater, A. M., Tanaka, J. W., & Lee, K. (2011). Development of face processing.  Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science,  2(6), 666-675.  https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.146

Anzures,  G., Pascalis, O., Quinn, P. C., Slater, A. M., & Lee, K. (2011). Minimizing skin color differences does not eliminate the own-race recognition advantage in infants.  Infancy,  16(6), 640-654.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00066.x

Heron-Delaney, M.  Anzures,  G., Herbert, J. S., Quinn, P. C., Slater, A. M., Tanaka, J. W., Lee, K., & Pascalis, O. (2011). Perceptual training prevents the emergence of the other race effect during infancy.  PLoS ONE,  6(5), e19858.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019858

Wheeler, A.,  Anzures,  G., Quinn, P. C., Pascalis, O., Omrin, D. S., & Lee, K. (2011). Caucasian infants scan own- and other-race faces differently.  PLoS ONE,  6(4), e18621.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018621

Quinn, P. C.,  Anzures,  G., Izard, C. E., Lee, K., Pascalis, O., Slater, A. M., & Tanaka, J. W. (2011). Looking across domains to understand infant representation of emotion.  Emotion Review,  3(1), 197-206.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073910387941

Slater, A., Lewis, M.,  Anzures,  G., & Lee, K. (Eds.). (2011).  Introduction to infant development. (Canadian Edition). Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Lee, K.,  Anzures,  G., & Baluja, A.F. (2011). Cognitive development in adolescence. In A. Slater & G. Bremner (Eds.),  An introduction to developmental psychology, 2^nd  edition  (pp. 359-387). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Lee, K.,  Anzures,  G., Quinn, P. C., Pascalis, O., & Slater, A. M. (2011). Development of face processing expertise. In G. Rhodes, A. Calder, M. H. Johnson, & J. V. Haxby (Eds.),  Handbook of face perception  (pp. 753-778). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.  https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199559053.013.0039

Anzures,  G.,   Ge, L., Wang, Z., Itakura, S., & Lee, K. (2010). Culture shapes efficiency of facial age judgments.  PLoS ONE,  5(7), e11679.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011679

Anzures,  G., Quinn, P. C., Pascalis, O., Slater, A. M., & Lee, K. (2010). Categorization, categorical perception, and asymmetry in infant’s representation of face race.  Developmental Science,  13(4), 553-564.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00900.x

Anzures,  G., Mondloch, C. J., & Lackner, C. (2009). Face adaptation and attractiveness aftereffects in 8-year-olds and adults.  Child Development,  80(1), 178-191.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01253.x

Ge, L.,  Anzures,  G., Wang, Z., Kelly, D. J., Pascalis, O., Quinn, P. C., Slater, A. M., Yang, Z., & Lee, K. (2008). An inner face advantage in children’s recognition of familiar faces.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,  101(2), 124-136.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2008.05.00