Verbal overshadowing in a multiple face presentation paradigm: Effects of description instruction

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 873-885

  Brown, Charity ^a   Lloyd Jones, Toby J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE PROFILE; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WRITING;

EID: 1342342777     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.919     Document Type: Article

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