Spatial frequency bandwidth used in the recognition of facial images

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3824-3833

  Näsänen, Risto ^a  

^a Brainwork Laboratory   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Face; Noise; Spatial frequency; Visual recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM; VISUAL INFORMATION; WHITE NOISE;

FACE; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 17744411168     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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