Face adaptation improves gender discrimination

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Yang, Hua ^a   Shen, Jianhong ^a   Chen, Juan ^a   Fang, Fang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Discrimination; Face; Gender; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650304328     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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