A cross-race effect in metamemory: Predictions of face recognition are more accurate for members of our own race

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 158-162

  Hourihan, Kathleen L ^a   Benjamin, Aaron S ^b   Liu, Xiping ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross race effect; Eyewitness memory; Face recognition; Metamemory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908365023     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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