Configural face processing: A meta-analytic survey

Perception

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1478-1490

  Bruyer, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84856715680     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p6928     Document Type: Article

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