What's in the name? Categorical perception for unfamiliar faces can occur through labeling

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 787-794

  Kikutani, M ^a   Roberson, D ^a   Hanley, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE; NAMES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50949120332     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.4.787     Document Type: Article

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