How we detect a face: A survey of psychological evidence

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-7

  Lewis, Michael B ^a   Ellis, Hadyn D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face detection; Face recognition; Luminance; Visual array

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; EDGE DETECTION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PATTERN MATCHING;

AUTOMATIC FACE-DETECTION SYSTEM; FACE CATEGORIZATION; FACE DETECTION; FIRST SACCADE ANALYSIS; MULTI-STAGE PROCESSING MODEL; VISUAL SEARCH;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 0038111886     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ima.10040     Document Type: Article

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