Contact, configural coding and the other-race effect in face recognition

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-56

  Hancock, Kirsten J ^a   Rhodes, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 39449102804     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712607X199981     Document Type: Article

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