Effects of configural information on face shape perception

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-138

  Yasuda, Takashi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Configural information; Face recognition; Holistic encoding; Inversion effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 23844485615     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.76.131     Document Type: Article

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