Class, race, and the face: Social context modulates the cross-race effect in face recognition

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 260-274

  Shriver, Edwin R ^a   Young, Steven G ^a   Hugenberg, Kurt ^a   Bernstein, Michael J ^a   Lanter, Jason R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Contextual influences; Cross race effect; Face recognition; Intergroup relations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RACE; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 38349081667     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207310455     Document Type: Article

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