Sustained effects of adaptation on the perception of familiar faces

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 615-625

  Carbon, Claus Christian ^a   Ditye, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face adaptation; Face representation; Familiar faces; Figural aftereffects; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958757465     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019949     Document Type: Article

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