Holistic crowding of Mooney faces

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Farzin, Faraz ^a,b   Rivera, Susan M ^a,b,c   Whitney, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Mind and Brain   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Inversion; Object recognition; Peripheral vision; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650289777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.6.18     Document Type: Article

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