Face recognition: Are viewpoint and identity processed after face detection?

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1581-1589

  Or, Charles C F ^a   Wilson, Hugh R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Categorization; Face detection; Face discrimination; Face recognition; Face space; Face view; Object recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FACIES; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954312962     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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