Generalization of mere exposure effects to averaged composite faces

Social Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-70

  Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Halberstadt, Jamin ^b   Brajkovich, Gemma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035532374     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.19.1.57.18961     Document Type: Article

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