The representations of spacing and part-based information are associated for upright faces but dissociated for objects: Evidence from individual differences

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 933-939

  Yovel, Galit ^a   Kanwisher, Nancy ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VISION;

FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149474712     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.5.933     Document Type: Article

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