The neural plasticity of other-race face recognition

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-131

  Tanaka, James W ^a   Pierce, Lara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849316573     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.9.1.122     Document Type: Article

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