On the preliminary psychophysics of fingerprint identification

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1023-1040

  Vokey, John R ^a   Tangen, Jason M ^b   Cole, Simon A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Finger print examiners (FPEs); Fingerprints; Identification; Matching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 67649678774     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802372987     Document Type: Article

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