Low-level cues and ultra-fast face detection

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Crouzet, Sébastien M ^a   Thorpe, Simon J ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Amplitude spectrum; Face detection; Fast saccades; Fourier transform; Natural scenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867037973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00342     Document Type: Article

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