The role of configural processing in face classification by race: An erp study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue DEC, 2015, Pages

  Lv, Jing ^a   Yan, Tianyi ^b   Tao, Luyang ^c   Zhao, Lun ^d,e  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Configural processing; ERPs; Face perception; Other race faces

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; RACE;

EID: 84954069007     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00679     Document Type: Article

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