Face Aftereffects Indicate Dissociable, but Not Distinct, Coding of Male and Female Faces

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-112

  Jaquet, Emma ^a   Rhodes, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptation; face aftereffects; face space; male and female face perception; neural mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 39449116025     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.1.101     Document Type: Article

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