Configural and featural processing during face perception: A new stimulus set

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-283

  van Belle, Goedele ^a   de Smet, Michael ^a   de Graef, Peter ^a   van Gool, Luc ^a   Verfaillie, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149092311     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.2.279     Document Type: Article

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