The effects of different presentation methods on multi-ethnicity face recognition

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-89

  Kask, Kristjan ^a   Bull, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross race effect; Face recognition; Lineups; Multiple choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449177936     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802131131     Document Type: Article

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