Can perceptual expertise account for the own-race bias in face recognition? A split-brain study

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 877-883

  Turk, David J ^a,c   Handy, Todd C ^b   Gazzaniga, Michael S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPLIT BRAIN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 27744505521     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290442000383     Document Type: Article

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