Inverted-U effects generalize to the judgment of subjective properties of faces

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1274-1288

  Mignault, Alain ^a   Marley, A A J ^b   Chaudhuri, Avi ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION;

FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449138226     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PP.70.7.1274     Document Type: Article

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