Age of acquisition affects object recognition: Evidence from visual duration thresholds

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-318

  Dent, Kevin ^a   Catling, Jonathan C ^a,b   Johnston, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Object recognition; Visual duration threshold

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; STUDENT; TIME; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447109748     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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