Face Inversion Disproportionately Impairs the Perception of Vertical but not Horizontal Relations Between Features

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 995-1002

  Goffaux, Valérie ^a,b   Rossion, Bruno ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

configuration; face inversion; feature; horizontal relations; vertical relations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548822948     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.4.995     Document Type: Article

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