Attention Misplaced: The Role of Diagnostic Features in the Face-Inversion Effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1396-1406

  Hills, Peter J ^a   Ross, David A ^b   Lewis, Michael B ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional cueing; Face inversion effect; Feature saliency; Fixation crosses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053989216     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024247     Document Type: Article

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