The role of inner and outer face parts in holistic processing: A developmental study

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 149, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-116

  Knowles, Mark M ^a,b   Hay, Dennis C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Congruency effect; Development; Face processing; Face recognition; Holistic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONGRUENCY EFFECT; DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FACE PROCESSING; FACE RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HOLISTIC PROCESSING; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

CHILDREN; CONGRUENCY EFFECT; DEVELOPMENT; FACE PROCESSING; FACE RECOGNITION; HOLISTIC PROCESSING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899157431     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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