Thatcherization impacts the processing of own-race faces more so than other-race faces: An ERP study

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-125

  Hahn, Amanda C ^a,b   Jantzen, Kelly J ^a   Symons, Lawrence A ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holistic processing; N170; P100 (P1); Race; Thatcher

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858791422     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.583080     Document Type: Article

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