Same-race faces are perceived more holistically than other-race faces

Visual Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-73

  Michel, Caroline ^a   Caldara, Roberto ^b   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 33744798797     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280500158761     Document Type: Article

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