Solving the upside-down puzzle: Why do upright and inverted face aftereffects look alike?

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Susilo, Tirta ^a   McKone, Elinor ^a   Edwards, Mark ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Face adaptation; Face after effect; Face perception; Face space; Inversion effect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449256305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.13.1     Document Type: Article

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