Perceptual expertise and the plasticity of other-race face recognition

Visual Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1183-1201

  Tanaka, James W ^a   Heptonstall, Bonnie ^a   Hagen, Simen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Other race effect; Perceptual expertise; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 84892822355     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2013.826315     Document Type: Article

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