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