Variants of independence in the perception of facial identity and expression

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-155

  Fitousi, Daniel ^a   Michael, Wenger J ^b  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Facial identity and expression; Perceptual independence; The parallel route hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME;

FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879435550     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028001     Document Type: Article

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