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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > inversion effect

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inversion effect  

Definition

  • Face memory is more impaired than object memory when the stimuli are inverted (Yin, 1969).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • face inversion effect

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Gerlach, C., Kühn, C. D., Mathiassen, A. B., Kristensen, C. L., & Starrfelt, R. (2023). The face inversion effect or the face upright effect? Cognition, 232, 105335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105335

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

  • • Yin, R. K. (1969). Looking at upside-down faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 81(1), 141-145. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0027474

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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In other languages

  • French

  • effet d'inversion du visage
  • effet de renversement du visage
  • effet du renversement

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-GR67BXW0-3

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