Interracial contexts debilitate same-race face recognition

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1123-1126

  Young, Steven G ^a   Hugenberg, Kurt ^a   Bernstein, Micheal J ^a   Sacco, Donald F ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face memory; Intergroup processes; Social categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049105100     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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