Race categorization modulates holistic face encoding

Cognitive Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 911-924

  Michel, Caroline ^a   Corneille, Olivier ^a   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Holistic processing; Other race effect; Race categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648941683     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210701530805     Document Type: Article

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