Neural perspectives on the other-race effect

Visual Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1081-1095

  Natu, Vaidehi ^a   O'Toole, Alice J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Face; Neural; Other race effect

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; RACE;

EID: 84892799749     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2013.811455     Document Type: Article

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