A Visual Short-Term Memory Advantage for Objects of Expertise

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-107

  Curby, Kim M ^a   Glazek, Kuba ^a   Gauthier, Isabel ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

expertise; faces; holistic processing; objects; visual short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349096421     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.35.1.94     Document Type: Article

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