Visual search and the collapse of categorization

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-460

  Smith, J David ^a,c   Redford, Joshua S ^a   Gent, Lauren C ^a   Washburn, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Medical screening; Object recognition; Security screening; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 28744432342     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.134.4.443     Document Type: Article

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