Children and adults recall the names of highly familiar faces faster than semantic information

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-454

  Calderwood, L ^a   Burton, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NAMES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33751530959     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712605X84124     Document Type: Article

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