Fear extinction to an out-group face: The role of target gender

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-158

  Navarrete, Carlos David ^a   Olsson, Andreas ^b   Ho, Arnold K ^c   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^c   Thomsen, Lotte ^c   Sidanius, James ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349105369     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02273.x     Document Type: Article

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