Categorical perception of face identity in noise isolates configural processing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 573-599

  McKone, Elinor ^a   Martini, Paolo ^b   Nakayama, Ken ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 85047683718     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.27.3.573     Document Type: Article

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