Using regression to measure holistic face processing reveals a strong link with face recognition ability

Cognition

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-100

  DeGutis, Joseph ^a,b   Wilmer, Jeremy ^c   Mercado, Rogelio J ^a,b   Cohan, Sarah ^b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite task; Face perception; Face recognition; Holistic processing; Individual differences; Part whole task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HOLISTIC FACE PROCESSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LOGIC; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868378744     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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