Perceptual learning and human expertise

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 53-84

  Kellman, Philip J ^a   Garrigan, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Cognition; Education; Expertise; Pattern recognition; Perceptual learning

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATICITY; COGNITION; COMPLEX TASKS; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; EXPERTISE; HUMAN EXPERTISE; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; RECEPTIVE FIELDS; RECODING; SELECTIVE EXTRACTIONS; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS; TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 67349096664     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2008.12.001     Document Type: Review

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