The role of attention and familiarity in face identification

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 543-557

  Jackson, Margaret C ^a   Raymond, Jane E ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33748861820     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03208757     Document Type: Article

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