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Abstractness And Specificity In Spoken Word Recognition: Indexical And Allophonic Variability In Long-Term Repetition Priming., Paul A. Luce, Conor T. Mclennan, Jan Chance-Luce Jan 2003

Abstractness And Specificity In Spoken Word Recognition: Indexical And Allophonic Variability In Long-Term Repetition Priming., Paul A. Luce, Conor T. Mclennan, Jan Chance-Luce

Psychology Faculty Publications

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Sex, Beauty, And The Relative Luminance Of Facial Features, Richard Russell Jan 2003

Sex, Beauty, And The Relative Luminance Of Facial Features, Richard Russell

Psychology Faculty Publications

It has been suggested that the consistent luminance difference between the darker regions of the eyes and mouth and the lighter regions that surround them forms a pattern unique to faces. One of the more consistent uses of cosmetics to make the female face more attractive is to darken the eyes and mouth relative to the surrounding skin. The hypothesis that the size of the luminance difference between the eyes and mouth and the rest of the face affects the attractiveness of male and female faces differently was tested in four experiments in which attractiveness ratings were obtained for images …


Self-Efficacy, Jennifer T. Gosselin, James E. Maddux Jan 2003

Self-Efficacy, Jennifer T. Gosselin, James E. Maddux

Psychology Faculty Publications

The study of self-efficacy is concerned with understanding this important aspect of self and identity—people's beliefs about their personal capabilities and how these beliefs influence what they try to accomplish, how they try to accomplish it, and how they react to successes and setbacks along the way.