The effect of spatial frequency on perceptual learning of inverted faces

Vision Research

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-114

  De Heering, Adélaïde ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults; Faces; Inverted; Learning; Spatial frequency; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIES; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878176695     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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