The effects of inversion and familiarity on face versus body cues to person recognition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1098-1104

  Robbins, Rachel A ^a,b   Coltheart, Max ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body perception; Cues; Face perception; Familiarity; Holistic processing; Inversion effect; Person recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874402688     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028584     Document Type: Article

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