Processes underlying the cross-race effect: An investigation of holistic, featural, and relational processing of own-race versus other-race faces

Perception

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1065-1085

  Mondloch, Catherine J ^a   Elms, Natalie ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^b   Rhodes, Gillian ^c   Hayward, William G ^d   Tanakao, James W ^e   Zhou, Guomei ^f  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77955799400     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p6608     Document Type: Article

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