Perceptual expertise enhances the resolution but not the number of representations in working memory

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Scolari, Miranda ^a   Vogel, Edward K ^a   Awh, Edward ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b 1227 University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

APTITUDE; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 50949109721     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.1.215     Document Type: Article

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