An Examination of the Own-Race Preference in Infancy

The goal of this dissertation was to better characterize the nature of infants’ visual preference for own-race faces, and to test two theories regarding its origin. Chapters I and II assessed whether the race bias in infancy could be attributed to an enhanced ability to discriminate familiar faces....

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Main Author: Ziv, Talee
Other Authors: Spelke, Elizabeth S.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2012
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10625
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9823972