Independent influences of verbalization and race on the configural and featural processing of faces: A behavioral and eye movement study

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-77

  Nakabayashi, Kazuyo ^a   Lloyd Jones, Toby J ^b,c   Butcher, Natalie ^d   Liu, Chang Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience   (United Kingdom)

^d TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Other race effect; Same race advantage; Verbal facilitation; Verbal overshadowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855294055     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024853     Document Type: Article

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