Does Thompson's Thatcher effect reflect a face-specific mechanism?

Perception

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1125-1141

  Wong, Yetta K ^a   Twedt, Elyssa ^b   Sheinberg, David ^c   Gauthier, Isabel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955840281     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p6659     Document Type: Article

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