Deficits in other-race face recognition: No evidence for encoding-based effects

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-262

  Papesh, Megan H ^a   Goldinger, Stephen D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Memory; Other race effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

FACE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 74349092159     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015802     Document Type: Article

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