Fast and famous: Looking for the fastest speed at which a face can be recognized

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Barragan Jason, Gladys ^a   Besson, Gabriel ^a,b   Ceccaldi, Mathieu ^b,c   Barbeau, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Familiarity; Famous faces; Go no go; Memory; SAB; Speed constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878801055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00100     Document Type: Article

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