The role of age and ethnic group in face recognition memory: ERP evidence from a combined own-age and own-race bias study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-147

  Wiese, Holger ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Ethnic group; Event related potentials; Faces; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACE RECOGNITION MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155170914     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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