Classifying faces by race: The structure of face categories

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1364-1382

  Levin, Daniel T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0030516506     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.6.1364     Document Type: Article

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