Is face distinctiveness gender based?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 789-798

  Baudouin, Jean Yves ^a,c   Gallay, Mathieu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Distinctiveness; Face recognition; Face space; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33746646062     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.4.789     Document Type: Article

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