What's in a face? the role of skin tone, facial physiognomy, and color presentation mode of facial primes in affective priming effects

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-227

  Stepanova, Elena V ^a   Strube, Michael J ^b  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affective priming task; facial physiognomy; feature based processing; gray scale; skin tone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASSOCIATION; CAUCASIAN; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEAUTY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856912664     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2011.597797     Document Type: Article

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