Own- and other-race categorization of faces by race, gender, and age

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1093-1099

  Zhao, Lun ^a,b   Bentin, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; CHINA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHYSIOGNOMY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59049093461     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.6.1093     Document Type: Article

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