Unmasking a shady mirror effect: Recognition of normal versus obscured faces

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 739-759

  Vokey, John R ^a   Hockley, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dual process theories; Face recognition; Mirror effect; Principal Components Analysis neural networks; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECOGNITION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROC CURVE; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84859600261     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.628399     Document Type: Article

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