Beyond localisation: A dynamical dual route account of face recognition

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 183-207

  De Gelder, Beatrice ^a,b,c   Rouw, Romke ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Development; Face detection; Face recognition; Inversion effect; Object recognition; Paradoxical effects; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; VISION;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSOPAGNOSIA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035319038     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(01)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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