Preferred spatial frequencies for human face processing are associated with optimal class discrimination in the machine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Keil, Matthias S ^a   Lapedriza, Agata ^b   Masip, David ^c   Vitria, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FACE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VISION;

FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 49749119469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002590     Document Type: Article

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