Normal facial age and gender perception in developmental prosopagnosia

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 482-502

  Chatterjee, Garga ^a   Nakayama, Ken ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental prosopagnosia; Face perception; Face recognition; Facial age perception; Facial gender perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874435700     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2012.756809     Document Type: Article

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