Processing of invisible stimuli: Advantage of upright faces and recognizable words in overcoming interocular suppression

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-355

  Jiang, Yi ^a   Costello, Patricia ^b   He, Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34247621968     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01902.x     Document Type: Article

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