Face age and sex modulate the other-race effect in face recognition

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1712-1721

  Wallis, Jennifer ^a,b   Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Vanman, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Face perception; Other race effect; Race; Recognition; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAUCASIAN; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RACE; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CUES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84870850950     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-012-0359-z     Document Type: Article

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