Whole not hole: Expert face recognition requires holistic perception

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2620-2629

  Van Belle, Goedele ^a   De Graef, Peter ^a   Verfaillie, Karl ^a   Busigny, Thomas ^b   Rossion, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acquired prosopagnosia; Face perception; Holistic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEAD INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77954455711     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.04.034     Document Type: Article

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