Faces are "spatial" - Holistic face perception is supported by low spatial frequencies

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1023-1039

  Goffaux, Valérie ^a,b   Rossion, Bruno ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Composite effect; Face perception; Holistic processing; Inversion; Spatial frequencies; Whole part advantage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33746661238     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.4.1023     Document Type: Article

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