Why Does Selective Attention to Parts Fail in Face Processing?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1356-1368

  Richler, Jennifer J ^a   Tanaka, James W ^b   Brown, Danielle D ^c   Gauthier, Isabel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

configural; encoding; face; holistic; representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; RECALL;

ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION;

EID: 56449093908     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013080     Document Type: Article

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