Recognizing unfamiliar faces: The effects of distinctiveness and view

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 509-534

  Newell, Fiona N ^a   Chiroro, Patrick ^b   Valentine, Tim ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0033129842     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755813     Document Type: Review

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