MetaFilter posts tagged with MandyPatinkin

Do you guys need me to call AAA?

Potomac Avenue — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:16:22 -0800

In 1994, Tony Randall and Mandy Patinkin's car broke down outside David Letterman's studio and they needed a place to rehearse. Did Dave mind if they used the stage? Great take it away Mandy! Mandy had been on Letterman before, as Cher.

As you wish!

Artw — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:11:31 -0800

It's The Princess Bride's 25th anniversary! Little known facts about it. Fred Savage remembers. Why it's Jonathan Haynes's favorite film. Reunion. And don't worry, there's no remake in the works.

Seeing race: the Other-Race Effect

shetterly — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:26:30 -0800

Seeing race: the Other-Race Effect. Why do so many people think people of other races look alike? Babies as young as three months old "tend to recognize faces from their own race better than those from other races," but "babies raised with frequent exposure to people of other races don’t develop this early bias." The Other-Race Effect, aka the Cross-Race Effect, "carries practical implications for cases of mistaken eyewitness identification." A follow-up study with Chinese babies confirmed the effect, and notes that it can change: "Korean adults who were adopted by French families during their childhood (aged 3–9 years) demonstrated the same discrimination deficit for Korean faces shown by the native French population." Yes, you have to be carefully taught.