Three studies on configural face processing by chimpanzees

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-42

  Parr, Lisa A ^a   Heintz, Matthew ^a   Akamagwuna, Unoma ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Composite effect; Configuration; Expertise; Face processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPERIENCE; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748540041     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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