The composite task reveals stronger holistic processing in children than adults for child faces.

BACKGROUND:While own-age faces have been reported to be better recognized than other-age faces, the underlying cause of this phenomenon remains unclear. One potential cause is holistic face processing, a special kind of perceptual and cognitive processing reserved for perceiving upright faces. Previ...

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Main Authors: Tirta Susilo, Kate Crookes, Elinor McKone, Hannah Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2714082?pdf=render