Holistic Processing of Faces: Perceptual and Decisional Components

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-342

  Richler, Jennifer J ^a   Gauthier, Isabel ^a   Wenger, Michael J ^b   Palmeri, Thomas J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decisional factors; face perception; holistic processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 40949156689     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.34.2.328     Document Type: Article

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