Perceptual separability of featural and configural information in congenital prosopagnosia

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 447-463

  Kimchi, Ruth ^a   Behrmann, Marlene ^b   Avidan, Galia ^c   Amishav, Rama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Configural processing; Congenital prosopagnosia; Dimensional integrality; Dimensional separability; Face perception; Faces; Featural processing; Holistic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874439442     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2012.752723     Document Type: Article

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