Super-recognizers: People with extraordinary face recognition ability

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-257

  Russell, Richard ^a   Duchaine, Brad ^b   Nakayama, Ken ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ADULT; APTITUDE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSOPAGNOSIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849106472     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.2.252     Document Type: Article

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