Human face recognition in sheep: Lack of configurational coding and right hemisphere advantage

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-26

  Peirce, J W ^a   Leigh, A E ^a   Dacosta, A P C ^a   Kendrick, K M ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Chimeric; Expertise; Face processing; Hemispheric lateralisation; Inversion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FACE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0035854075     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00158-9     Document Type: Article

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