Shape, color and the other-race effect in the infant brain

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 892-900

  Balas, Benjamin ^a   Westerlund, Alissa ^b   Hung, Katherine ^b   Nelson Iii, Charles A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RACE; RECOGNITION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VISION;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SKIN PIGMENTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959297015     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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