The influence of ingroup/outgroup categorization on same- and other-race face processing: The moderating role of inter- versus intra-racial context

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 811-817

  Cassidy, Kevin D ^a   Quinn, Kimberly A ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Configural processing; Face processing; Ingroup outgroup categorization; Inversion effects; Other race effect; Racial context

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955150346     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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