Role of Coarse and Fine Spatial Information in Face and Object Processing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1448-1466

  Parker, Denis M ^a,c   Lishman, J Roly ^a   Hughes, Jim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CUES; FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030344555     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.6.1448     Document Type: Article

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