Face inversion impairs holistic perception: Evidence from gaze-contingent stimulation

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Van Belle, Goedele ^a   de Graef, Peter ^b   Verfaillie, Karl ^b   Rossion, Bruno ^a   Lefèvre, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Face perception; Gaze contingent stimulus presentation; Holistic processing; Inversion effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79955148919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.5.10     Document Type: Article

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