Is the picture bizarreness effect a generation effect?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 331-340

  Marchal, Anne ^a   Nicolas, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034243515     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.1.331     Document Type: Article

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