No face-like processing for objects-of-expertise in three behavioural tasks

Cognition

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-79

  Robbins, Rachel ^a   McKone, Elinor ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite; Configural processing; Dog expert; Domain specific; Expertise; Face recognition; Holistic processing; Inversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DOGS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846840860     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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