Recognizing people from their movement

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 210-220

  Loula, Fani ^a   Prasad, Sapna ^a   Harber, Kent ^a   Shiffrar, Maggie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION; VISION;

AFFECT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 14544278435     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.31.1.210     Document Type: Article

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