How race and age experiences shape young children's face processing abilities

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-101

  Macchi Cassia, Viola ^a   Luo, Lizhu ^b   Pisacane, Antonella ^a   Li, Hong ^c   Lee, Kang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Face perception; Inversion effect; Other age effect; Other race effect; Own age bias; Own race bias; Sibling experience

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACE; FACE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVERSION EFFECT; MALE; OTHER-AGE EFFECT; OTHER-RACE EFFECT; OWN-AGE BIAS; OWN-RACE BIAS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SIBLING; SIBLING EXPERIENCE; STATISTICS;

CHILDREN; FACE PERCEPTION; INVERSION EFFECT; OTHER-AGE EFFECT; OTHER-RACE EFFECT; OWN-AGE BIAS; OWN-RACE BIAS; SIBLING EXPERIENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIBLINGS;

EID: 84891640050     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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