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Perception of faces: Disorders in organic and psychopathological states

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But our knowledge of faces is not mathematical. In the first place, it does not begin with the measurement of the parts, it takes as the starting point an expression, a combination of the whole ... And so, when acquiring a knowledge of faces, we take careful measurements, but as painters, not as surveyors. Proust

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From Duke University Medical Center, this paper was submitted to theQuarterly on February 9, 1968. The endeavor was supported in part by N.I.M.H. Grant 1 RO1 MH-15907-01.

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Ellinwood, E.H. Perception of faces: Disorders in organic and psychopathological states. Psych Quar 43, 622–646 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01564275

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