Effects of facial identity on age judgments: Evidence from repetition priming

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-397

  Dagovitch, Yuly ^a   Ganel, Tzvi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age judgments; Face perception; Identity judgments; Repetition priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PUBLIC FIGURE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FACE; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956041033     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000047     Document Type: Article

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