McBain, Norton, & Chen (2009) investigated whether female superiority in recognizing facial emotions was indicative of superior face recognition in general. Their results indicated that:
a) females were superior in the recognition of both objects and faces.
b) females were superior, but only for faces, and only for very brief exposure times.
c) females were superior, but only for faces, at all exposure times.
d) females were superior, but only for trees, at all exposure times.
Answer: c
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