The role of color in human face detection

Cognitive Science

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1144-1156

  Bindemann, Markus ^a   Burton, A Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color; Face detection; Scenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953174058     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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