Visual adaptation of the perception of "life": Animacy is a basic perceptual dimension of faces

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 969-975

  Koldewyn, Kami ^a,c   Hanus, Patricia ^a   Balas, Benjamin ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animacy; Face adaptation; Face perception; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904474171     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0562-5     Document Type: Article

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