Not all visual expertise is holistic, but it may be leftist: The case of Chinese character recognition: Research Article

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-463

  Hsiao, Janet H ^a   Cottrell, Garrison W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 64249128770     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02315.x     Document Type: Article

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