Deficits in Cross-Race Face Learning: Insights From Eye Movements and Pupillometry

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1105-1122

  Goldinger, Stephen D ^a   He, Yi ^b   Papesh, Megan H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eye movements; face memory; own race bias; pupil dilation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68949200185     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016548     Document Type: Article

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