Semantic Information Influences Race Categorization From Faces

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 769-778

  Tskhay, Konstantin O ^a   Rule, Nicholas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

categorization; person construal; person perception; race; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930411318     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215579053     Document Type: Article

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