An Investigation of the Contact Hypothesis of the Own-race Bias in Face Recognition

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 879-894

  Chiroro, Patrick ^a   Valentine, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001869717     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: 14640740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14640749508401421     Document Type: Article

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