How spatial frequencies and visual awareness interact during face processing

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-56

  de Gardelle, Vincent ^a   Kouider, Sid ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Face processing; Implicit memory; Priming; Spatial frequencies; Unconscious perception; Ventral stream

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951265042     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609354064     Document Type: Article

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