Accuracy in Categorizing Perceptually Ambiguous Groups: A Review and Meta-Analysis

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-86

  Tskhay, Konstantin O ^a   Rule, Nicholas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

accuracy; meta analysis; nonverbal behavior; person perception; social categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871369104     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868312461308     Document Type: Review

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