The Inversion Effect in Biological Motion Perception: Evidence for a "Life Detector"?

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 821-824

  Troje, Nikolaus F ^a,b   Westhoff, Cord ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; LIFE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LIFE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646036182     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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