Own- versus other-race face perception : social contact and the human brain

The experiments in this thesis used behavioural measures and event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate the influence of race on face processing in the brain. Previous behavioural research has highlighted an own-race effect in face processing, whereby individuals are more accurate at recognizing...

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Main Author: Walker, Pamela M.
Other Authors: Hewstone, Miles
Published: University of Oxford 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425913