Does face image statistics predict a preferred spatial frequency for human face processing?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1647, 2008, Pages 2095-2100

  Keil, Matthias S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amplitude spectra; Face recognition; Image statistics; Visual cortex; Whitening

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMINID; IMAGE; PIGMENT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 48749110280     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0486     Document Type: Article

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