Measuring sexual dimorphism with a race-gender face space

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1779-1788

  Hopper, William J ^a   Finklea, Kristin M ^b   Winkielman, Piotr ^b   Huber, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; Face space; Gender perception; Multidimensional scaling; Own race bias; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922736217     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: 19391277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037743     Document Type: Article

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