A neural basis for expert object recognition

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-47

  Tanaka, James W ^a   Curran, Tim ^b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035234923     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00308     Document Type: Article

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