Categorical perception effects reflect differences in typicality on within-category trials

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 355-363

  Hanley, J Richard ^a   Roberson, Debi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorical perception; Color; Face identity; Facial expressions of emotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RECOGNITION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79955749206     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-010-0043-z     Document Type: Article

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