Children (but not adults) judge similarity in own- and other-race faces by the color of their skin

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-66

  Balas, Benjamin ^a   Peissig, Jessie ^b   Moulson, Margaret ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D shape; Face recognition; Other race faces; Pigmentation; Visual learning; Visual similarity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908349842     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: 10960457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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