The development of norm-based coding and race-specific face prototypes: An examination of 5- and 8-year-olds' face space

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-357

  Short, Lindsey A ^a   Hatry, Alexandra J ^a   Mondloch, Catherine J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attractiveness aftereffects; Category specific prototypes; Face perception; Norm based coding; Other race faces; Perceptual development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEAUTY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; REFERENCE VALUES; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649915655     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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