Recognizing faces from ethnic in-groups and out-groups: Importance of outer face features and effects of retention interval

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-431

  Sporer, Siegfried L ^a   Horry, Ruth ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 79956210496     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1709     Document Type: Article

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