Multiple mechanisms in the perception of face gender: Effect of sex-irrelevant features

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 626-633

  Komori, Masashi ^a   Kawamura, Satoru ^b   Ishihara, Shigekazu ^c  

^a OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Face perception; Facial features; Gender perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958695962     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020369     Document Type: Article

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