A Unified Account of the Effects of Distinctiveness, Inversion, and Race in Face Recognition

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 161-204

  Valentine, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLACKS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0026163423     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: 14640740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14640749108400966     Document Type: Article

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