Memory of children's faces by adults: Appearance does matter

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 972-986

  Gier, Vicki Silvers ^a   Kreiner, David S ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 70449436345     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1520     Document Type: Article

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