Contrast negation and the importance of the eye region for holistic representations of facial identity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1667-1677

  Sormaz, Mladen ^a   Andrews, Timothy J ^a   Young, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast; Contrast chimera; Eyes; Face recognition; Photo negation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890082734     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032449     Document Type: Article

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