Categorical perception effects for facial identity in robustly represented familiar and self-faces: The role of configural and featural information

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 760-772

  Keyes, Helen ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorical perception; Configural and featural processing; Face processing; Robust representation; Self face

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859578121     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.636822     Document Type: Article

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