Holistic processing of shape cues in face identification: Evidence from face inversion, composite faces, and acquired prosopagnosia

Visual Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1003-1034

  Jiang, Fang ^a,b   Blanz, Volker ^c   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquired prosopagnosia; Composite faces; Face inversion; Shape and surface reflectance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; SKIN COLOR; STUDENT T TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 80053201225     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2011.604360     Document Type: Article

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