Perceptual learning and acquired face familiarity: Evidence from inversion, use of internal features, and generalization between viewpoints

Visual Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 334-355

  Dwyer, D M ^a   Mundy, M E ^a   Vladeanu, M ^a   Honey, R C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 67849105018     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280701757577     Document Type: Article

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