Effects of spatial frequency content on classification of face gender and expression

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 525-537

  Aguado, Luis ^a   Serrano Pedraza, Ignacio ^b   Rodríguez, Sonia ^a   Román, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional expression; Face gender; Facial expression; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149424664     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600002225     Document Type: Article

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