Distinguishing the cause and consequence of face inversion: The perceptual field hypothesis

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-312

  Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Face inversion; Holistic perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION;

FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70349338615     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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