Sex differences and the own-gender bias in face recognition: A meta-analytic review

Visual Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1306-1336

  Herlitz, Agneta ^a   Lovén, Johanna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Own gender bias; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EFFECT SIZE; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FACE; FACE RECOGNITION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84892826948     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2013.823140     Document Type: Review

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