Skin and bones: The contribution of skin tone and facial structure to racial prototypicality ratings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Strom, Michael A ^a   Zebrowitz, Leslie A ^a   Zhang, Shunan ^a   Bronstad, P Matthew ^a   Lee, Hoon Koo ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RACE; RACIAL PROTOTYPICALITY; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BONE AND BONES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864006281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041193     Document Type: Article

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