The face-detection effect: configuration enhances detection
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- Authors
- Purcell, D. G., & Stewart, A. L.
- Affiliations
- Oakland University (US)
- Stevens Institute of Technology (US)
- Venue
- Perception & Psychophysics
- Published
- 1988-07
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 355-366
- ISSN
- 0031-5117 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-5962
- OpenAlex
- W1980708942
- Cited by
- 131
- References
- 52
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- FWCI
- 1.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Perception & Psychophysics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Face recognition and analysis
- Keywords
- face detection, face perception, visual configuration, face inversion, face recognition (cognition), visual masking, facial features
- MeSH terms
- Cognition, Face, Form Perception, Humans, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Perceptual Masking, Semantics
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