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This record contains the underlying research data for the publication "People in more racially diverse neighborhoods are more prosocial" and the full-text is available from: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5359Five studies tested the hypothesis that people living in more diverse neighborhoods would have more inclusive identities, and would thus be more prosocial. Study 1 found that people residing in more racially diverse metropolitan areas were more likely to tweet prosocial concepts in their everyday lives. Study 2 found that following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, people in more racially diverse neighborhoods were more likely to spontaneously offer help to individuals stranded by the bombings. Study 3 found that people living in more ethnically diverse countries were more likely to report having helped a stranger in the past month. Providing evidence of the underlying mechanism, Study 4 found that people living in more racially diverse neighborhoods were more likely to identify with all of humanity, which explained their greater likelihood of having helped a stranger in the past month. Finally, providing causal evidence for the relationship between neighborhood diversity and prosociality, Study 5 found that people asked to imagine that they were living in a more racially diverse neighborhood were more willing to help others in need, and this effect was mediated by a broader identity. The studies identify a novel mechanism through which exposure to diversity can influence people, and document a novel consequence of this mechanism.

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The other-race face recognition deficit is a robust finding in the literature on facial processing in humans. Although previous models of the other-race effect have proposed the role of experience and interracial contact, genetics have not been examined in the context of other-race face recognition. The aim of this study was to investigate the gene-environment interaction between early caregiving experience and with other-race face recognition in adults. Eighty-nine Singaporean adults were recruited and information on their early caregiving experiences was collected. Genotyping of the rs53576 oxytocin receptor gene in participants was also conducted. Participants completed a visual categorization task where they had to identify the race of face stimuli (Chinese or Javanese) and the time taken for participants to categorise the faces was measured. A significant main effect of early caregiving experience was found where reaction time was significantly slower in individuals with no other-race caregiving experience than individuals with who had other-race caregiving experience. In addition, only non-G carriers of rs53576 with no caregiving experience had a significantly slower reaction time compared to non-G carriers with other-race caregivers. This was not observed in G carriers, indicating a gene-environment interaction. These results highlight the role of early interracial contact on other-race face recognition and its interaction with genetics. Future studies can employ a longitudinal design for further insight into this gene-environment across development.