Why are inverted faces hard to recognize? A test of the relational feature hypothesis

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 8-10

  Pullan, Lindon ^a   Rhodes, Gillian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 3043002666     PISSN: 0112109X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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