Similarity and difference in the processing of same- and other-race faces as revealed by eye tracking in 4- to 9-month-olds

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 180-189

  Liu, Shaoying ^a   Quinn, Paul C ^b   Wheeler, Andrea ^c   Xiao, Naiqi ^a   Ge, Liezhong ^a   Lee, Kang ^c,d  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Face features; Face perception; Infants; Other race effect; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77957912606     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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