The importance of skin color and facial structure in perceiving and remembering others: An electrophysiological study

Brain Research

Volumn 1388, Issue , 2011, Pages 123-133

  Brebner, Joanne L ^a   Krigolson, Olav ^b   Handy, Todd C ^c   Quadflieg, Susanne ^a   Turk, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ERP; Face processing; Memory; Own race bias; Race; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACIAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLOR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954836144     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.02.090     Document Type: Article

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