Super face-inversion effects for isolated internal or external features, and for fractured faces

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 201-219

  Moscovitch, Morris ^a,b   Moscovitch, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE FRACTURE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0034088839     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432900380571     Document Type: Article

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