Why we respond faster to the self than to others? An implicit positive association theory of self-advantage during implicit face recognition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 619-633

  Ma, Yina ^a   Han, Shihui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Hemisphere; Implicit positive association; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHARACTER; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHARACTER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955545747     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015797     Document Type: Article

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