Identifying composites of famous faces: Investigating memory, language and system issues

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-366

  Brace, N A ^a   Pike, G E ^a   Allen, P ^b   Kemp, R I ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computerized composite systems; Facial composites; Facial memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746239168     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160500151159     Document Type: Article

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