Why do most faces look thinner upside down?

i-Perception

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 765-774

  Thompson, Peter ^a   Wilson, Jennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face perception; Inversion; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872474277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20416695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/i0554     Document Type: Article

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