A unique look at face processing: The impact of masked faces on the processing of facial features

Cognition

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-172

  Williams, Mark A ^a   Moss, Simon A ^b   Bradshaw, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Configural processing; Face perception; Holistic processing; Masked priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISION;

EID: 0346671149     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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