Mental rotation of faces

Summary

Results are interpreted as evidence against the view that inverted faces are processed in a qualitatively different manner from upright faces, and are also inconsistent with the hypothesis that inversion makes faces difficult to recognize because facial expression cannot be extracted from an inverted face.

Keywords

Psychology, Mental rotation, Orientation (vector space), Facial expression, Cognitive psychology

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