The context congruency effect is face specific

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-272

  Meinhardt Injac, Bozana ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congruency effect; Holistic face perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84873188216     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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