Opposite aftereffects for Chinese and Caucasian faces are selective for social category information and not just physical face differences

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1457-1467

  Jaquet, Emma ^a   Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Hayward, William G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; STUDENT; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 35148863040     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701467870     Document Type: Article

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