Perceptual training prevents the emergence of the other race effect during infancy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Heron Delaney, Michelle ^a   Anzures, Gizelle ^b   Herbert, Jane S ^a   Quinn, Paul C ^c   Slater, Alan M ^d   Tanaka, James W ^e   Lee, Kang ^b   Pascalis, Olivier ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ASIAN; FACE; HISTOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RACE; STATISTICS; TEACHING; TIME; VISION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79956189288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019858     Document Type: Article

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