The role of background knowledge in speeded perceptual categorization

Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Palmeri, Thomas J ^a   Blalock, Celina ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Background knowledge; Speeded perceptual categorization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRAWING; HUMAN; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; TIME;

CLASSIFICATION; FORM PERCEPTION; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034676652     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(00)00100-1     Document Type: Article

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