Perceiving and attributing hemispheric width in faces of normal adults

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 567-572

  Kowner, Rotem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032177477     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.2.567     Document Type: Article

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