The composite illusion requires composite face stimuli to be biologically plausible

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1877-1885

  Taubert, Jessica ^a   Alais, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite effect; Face perception; Holistic processing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; VISION, BINOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349151749     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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