A comparison of spatial frequency tuning for the recognition of facial identity and facial expressions in adults and children

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 508-519

  Gao, Xiaoqing ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Efficiency; Facial expression; Facial identity; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MASKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 79952487468     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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