Race priming in biracial observers influences visual search for black and white faces Introduction: In this article, we look at how priming can be used as an experimental aid and to what extent it can influence subjects. Chiao, Heck, Nakayama, and Ambady (1) consider whether priming a particular racial identity in a mixed-race individual (particularly a black-white mix) would affect the individual's ability to search for white or black faces. Previous research modules new experimental hypothesis: the authors' interest in applying priming to visual perception derives from a lack of empirical research conducted in this particular field. The identification of a certain social identity (race, gender, age or occupation) and its impact on cognition (in the form of performance on verbal and mathematical tests) has received sufficient theoretical and empirical attention (Shih, Ambady, Richeson, Fujita and Gray ). The authors want to explore the unique priming situation of mixed race. The premise on which they base their research is that visual search is important for everyday functioning (Wolfe, 1998), as social recognition, a necessary tool for social communication and survival. Another finding on which they base their hypothesis is that whites detect a black face among a set of white faces faster than a white face among black faces (Levin 1996,2000). Levin proposed the race-characteristic theory based on his findings: "Whites code black faces based on race-specifying features." Chiao et al. wanted to investigate the impact of racial identity priming on biracial individuals' visual search for same-race and other-race faces and compare their performance to that of white and black individuals (who would serve as controls). Their hypothesis was... in the center of the paper... concentrate their thoughts). This priming was only applicable when there was ambiguity in the participant (the fact that they were of mixed race). I think the idea that priming requires an original existence of thought and does not allow for the conception of a new idea in the participant is a fundamental factor in how we perceive the idea of ​​priming. There's an air of science fiction when it comes to the idea of ​​priming and how people can make others do what they want; people who surrender to the will of others. We find a contrast in what priming is actually capable of: it can only push the participant in the direction we want, but not control him with our ideas. We can only force people to do something that they themselves, to some extent, would consider doing or would consider themselves to do (e.g., mixed-race people being groomed as white or black).