Distance-Dependent Processing of Pictures and Words

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-415

  Amit, Elinor ^a   Algom, Daniel ^b   Trope, Yaacov ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

distance; pictures; words

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CULTURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 69049113905     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015835     Document Type: Article

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