Biological "bar codes" in human faces

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Dakin, Steven C ^a   Watt, Roger J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast polarity; Face recognition; Inversion; Orientation; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION;

FACE; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 64949201822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.4.2     Document Type: Article

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