Perceptual identification and the cross-race effect

Visual Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 767-779

  Marcon, Jessica L ^a   Meissner, Christian A ^b   Frueh, Michael ^a   Susa, Kyle J ^b   MacLin, Otto H ^c  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross race effect; Face identification; Perceptual identification; Visual search; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77951930985     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280903178622     Document Type: Article

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