The reverse-caricature effect revisited: Familiarization with frontal facial caricatures improves veridical face recognition

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 733-742

  Rodríguez, Jobany ^a   Bortfeld, Heather ^a   Rudomín, Isaac ^b   Hernández, Benjamín ^b   Gutiérrez Osuna, Ricardo ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FACE CARICATURE; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

EID: 70350561824     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1539     Document Type: Article

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