Asymmetrical interactions in the perception of face identity and emotional expression are not unique to the primate visual system

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Soto, Fabian A ^a   Wasserman, Edward A ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Face recognition; Object recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONDITIONING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960948979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.3.1     Document Type: Article

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