An ambiguous-race illusion in children's face memory

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 763-767

  Shutts, Kristin ^a,b   Kinzler, Katherine D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b William James Hall ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAUCASIAN; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; MEMORY; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RECOGNITION; VISION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CUES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548273233     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01975.x     Document Type: Article

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