The preferred level of face categorization depends on discriminability

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 623-629

  D'Lauro, Christopher ^a   Tanaka, James W ^b   Curran, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 50949105530     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.3.623     Document Type: Article

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