Individual differences in adaptive coding of face identity are linked to individual differences in face recognition ability

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 897-903

  Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Jeffery, Linda ^a   Taylor, Libby ^a   Hayward, William G ^a,b   Ewing, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Face adaptation; Face identity aftereffects; Face recognition; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901458802     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035939     Document Type: Article

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