Revisiting the Role of Spatial Frequencies in the Holistic Processing of Faces

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1327-1336

  Cheung, Olivia S ^a   Richler, Jennifer J ^a   Palmeri, Thomas J ^a   Gauthier, Isabel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

configural processing; face perception; holistic processing; response bias; spatial frequencies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749210488     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0011752     Document Type: Article

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