The discriminability of local cues determines the strength of holistic face processing

Vision Research

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-22

  Goffaux, Valerie ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Discriminability; Face perception; Feature; Holistic; Interactive processing; Local

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861924773     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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