Effects of Orientation on the Identification of Rotated Objects Depend on the Level of Identity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 413-426

  Hamm, Jeff P ^a,b   McMullen, Patricia A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032040216     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.2.413     Document Type: Article

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