How fast is famous face recognition?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Barragan Jason, Gladys ^a   Lachat, Fanny ^a   Barbeau, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Face detection; Face recognition; Familiarity; Famous faces; Gender categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870869982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00454     Document Type: Article

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