The nature of upright and inverted face representations: An adaptation-transfer study of configuration

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 725-736

  Pichler, Paul ^a   Dosani, Maryam ^b   Oruç, Ipek ^b   Barton, Jason J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face adaptation; Face inversion effect; Holistic; Identity aftereffects; Part based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INVERTED FACE REPRESENTATION; MALE; UPRIGHT FACE REPRESENTATION;

EID: 84860388525     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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