Separate influences of orientation and lighting in the inverted-face effect

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-31

  Enns, James T ^a   Shore, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LIGHTING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030636541     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206844     Document Type: Article

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