Older Adults' Configural Processing of Faces: Role of Second-Order Information

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Chaby, Laurence ^a,b   Narme, Pauline ^b,c   George, Nathalie ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Configural processing; Face inversion effect; Face perception; Second order information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953156597     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020873     Document Type: Article

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