Configural processing of other-race faces is delayed but not decreased

Biological Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-109

  Wiese, Holger ^a   Stahl, Johanna ^a   Schweinberger, Stefan R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

ERP; Face processing; N170; Own race bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349215654     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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