A Spatial Frequency Account of the Detriment That Local Processing of Navon Letters Has on Face Recognition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1427-1442

  Hills, Peter J ^a   Lewis, Michael B ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

face recognition; global and local processing; Navon letters; spatial frequency adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350499855     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015788     Document Type: Article

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