Within-hemifield perceptual averaging of facial expressions predicted by neural averaging

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Sweeny, Timothy D ^a   Grabowecky, Marcia ^b   Paller, Ken A ^b   Suzuki, Satoru ^b,c  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Inferotemporal cortex; Neural averaging; Object recognition; Shape and contour; Ventral visual pathway

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANGER; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 62149124392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.3.2     Document Type: Article

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