Categorization of ambiguous human/ape faces: Protection of ingroup but not outgroup humanity

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 777-787

  Capozza, Dora ^a   Boccato, Giulio ^b   Andrighetto, Luca ^c   Falvo, Rossella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infrahumanization; Ingroup bias; Ingroup overexclusion; Morphed faces

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350536723     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209344868     Document Type: Article

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