The structure of face-space is tolerant to lighting and viewpoint transformations

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Blank, Idan ^a   Yovel, Galit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Object recognition; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054686295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.8.1     Document Type: Article

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