Enantiomorphy Through the Looking Glass: Literacy Effects on Mirror-Image Discrimination

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-238

  Kolinsky, Régine ^a,b   Verhaeghe, Arlette ^c   Fernandes, Tânia ^d   Mengarda, Elias José ^e   Grimm Cabral, Loni ^f   Morais, José ^b  

^a FNRS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attentional and postperceptual processing; Enantiomorphy; Literacy effects; Mirror invariance; Orientation processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PORTUGAL; READING; SYMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PORTUGAL; READING; SIZE PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955706920     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022168     Document Type: Article

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