Faster, stronger, lateralized: Low spatial frequency information supports face processing

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3583-3590

  Awasthi, Bhuvanesh ^a   Friedman, Jason ^a   Williams, Mark A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Face perception; Low spatial frequency; Place perception; Visually guided reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE DOMINANCE; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW SPATIAL FREQUENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIPHERAL VISION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755132111     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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