The influence of nationality on the accuracy of face and voice recognition

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-214

  Doty, Nathan Daniel ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VOICE;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VOICE;

EID: 0032088915     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423486     Document Type: Article

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