Temporal integration in face perception: Evidence of configural processing of temporally separated face parts

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Anaki, David ^a,c   Boyd, Jennifer ^b   Moscovitch, Morris ^a,b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Configural featural processing; Face perception; Temporal integration; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 33847180218     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.1.1     Document Type: Article

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