Conceptual distinctiveness supports detailed visual long-term memory for real-world objects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 558-578

  Konkle, Talia ^a   Brady, Timothy F ^a   Alvarez, George A ^b   Oliva, Aude ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Memory capacity; Memory fidelity; Object recognition; Perceptual distinctiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955740657     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019165     Document Type: Article

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