Race-specific norms for coding face identity and a functional role for norms

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Armann, Regine ^a,b   Jeffery, Linda ^b   Calder, Andrew J ^c   Rhodes, Gillian ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aftereffects; Face recognition; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555196385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.13.9     Document Type: Article

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