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Research Articles

Association of idiosyncratic eye-movement patterns with holistic processing of faces as measured by the composite face effect and the face inversion effect

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Pages 485-500 | Received 26 Jan 2023, Accepted 11 Dec 2023, Published online: 16 Feb 2024

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