The composite-face effect survives asymmetric face distortions

Perception

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-716

  de Heering, Adélaïde ^a,b   Wallis, Jessica ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Composite face effect; Distorted features; Faces; Holistic processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866893105     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p7212     Document Type: Article

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