Effect of adaptor duration on 8-year-olds' facial identity aftereffects suggests adult-like plasticity of the face norm

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1216-1222

  Nishimura, Mayu ^a,b   Robertson, Crystal ^b   Maurer, Daphne ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face space; Faces; Identity aftereffects; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FACE IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERCEPTION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955630383     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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