Adaptation aftereffects in the perception of gender from biological motion

Journal of Vision

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 850-857

  Troje, Nikolaus F ^a,c,d   Sadr, Javid ^b   Geyer, Henning ^c   Nakayama, Ken ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d Ruhr University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aftereffect; Biological motion; Sex classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFTERIMAGE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 33746711701     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/6.8.7     Document Type: Article

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