A peceptual discrimination investigation of the own-race effect and intergroup experience

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-475

  Walker, Pamela M ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRITISH ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FACE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33646569413     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1191     Document Type: Article

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