Distinctiveness, typicality, and recollective experience in face recognition: A principal components analysis

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1032-1037

  Dewhurst, Stephen A ^a,c   Hay, Dennis C ^a   Wickham, Lee H V ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646720506     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206439     Document Type: Article

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