A holistic account of the own-race effect in face recognition: Evidence from a cross-cultural study

Cognition

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Tanaka, James W ^a   Kiefer, Markus ^b   Bukach, Cindy M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Face recognition; Holistic account; Own race effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; VISION;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4043069958     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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