Critical frequencies in the perception of letters, faces, and novel shapes: Evidence for limited scale invariance for faces

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Oruç, Ipek ^a   Barton, Jason J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast thresholds; Critical frequencies; Critical band masking; Discrimination; Face recognition; Holistic; Object recognition; Part based; Scale invariance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449248567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.12.20     Document Type: Article

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