Mutual information, perceptual independence, and holistic face perception

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 983-1000

  Fitousi, Daniel ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Face perception; Face recognition; Perceptual organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; UNCERTAINTY; VISION;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84879430683     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-013-0450-0     Document Type: Article

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