We all look the same to Mepositive emotions eliminate the own-race bias in face recognition

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 875-881

  Johnson, Kareem J ^a   Fredrickson, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 28944439468     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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