How is the individuality of a face recognized?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-474

  Unnikrishnan, M K ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Caricatures; Face recognition; Koinophilia; Prototype

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEMORY; MODELING; NATURAL SELECTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; FACIES; HUMAN; MATE CHOICE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CARICATURES AS TOPIC; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70350057130     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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