Selective Interference on the Holistic Processing of Faces in Working Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 448-461

  Cheung, Olivia S ^a   Gauthier, Isabel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dual task interference; face perception; holistic processing; visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950551754     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016471     Document Type: Article

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