The horizontal and vertical relations in upright faces are transmitted by different spatial frequency ranges

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-126

  Goffaux, Valerie ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Face perception; Features; Inversion effect; Spatial frequencies; Spatial relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 41949117982     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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