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SECTION IV: BEYOND RACE: “OWN VERSUS OTHER” EFFECTS IN OTHER DOMAINS

Towards a synthetic model of own group biases in face memory

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Pages 1392-1417 | Received 04 Feb 2013, Accepted 27 Jun 2013, Published online: 21 Aug 2013

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