Sex and hemispheric differences in facial invariants extraction

Laterality

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-216

  Godard, Ornella ^a   Fiori, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Facial identity; Hemispheric cooperation; Sex differences; View dependent coding; View independent coding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84858426592     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2011.556641     Document Type: Article

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