Face or building superiority in peripheral vision reversed by task requirements

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-53

  Jebara, Najate ^a   Pins, Delphine ^a   Despretz, Pascal ^a   Boucart, Muriel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Buildings; Faces; Low spatial resolution; Peripheral vision; Task requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950328264     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0065-5     Document Type: Article

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