The role of featural processing in other-race face classification advantage: An ERP study

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 435-446

  Liu, Zhenhua ^a   Zhang, Qinghua ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Du, Yifeng ^a   Dong, Wei ^b   Zhao, Lun ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Yiran Sunny Electronic Technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Face classification; N170; Other race advantage; P300

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANCESTRY GROUP; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929508031     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: 1757448X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635214500125     Document Type: Article

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