Thresholds for detection and awareness of masked facial stimuli

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-78

  Heeks, Frances ^a   Azzopardi, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Blindsight; Conscious awareness; Face perception; Low vision; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACKWARD MASKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HAPPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADULT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922275131     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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