Females excel at basic face perception

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-173

  McBain, Ryan ^a   Norton, Dan ^a   Chen, Yue ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Face detection; Face recognition; Gender difference; Identity discrimination; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEX RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX DISTRIBUTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58549086346     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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