Faces in the cloud: Fourier power spectrum biases ultrarapid face detection

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Honey, Christian ^a   Kirchner, Holle ^b,c   VanRullen, Rufin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Face processing; Fourier transform; Image scrambling; Natural scenes; Phase scrambling; Power spectrum; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FACE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FACE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649162386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.12.9     Document Type: Article

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