Conditions for facelike expertise with objects: Becoming a ziggerin expert - but which type?

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1108-1117

  Wong, Alan C N ^a   Palmeri, Thomas J ^b   Gauthier, Isabel ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549134020     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02430.x     Document Type: Article

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