Experts' memory: An ERP study of perceptual expertise effects on encoding and recognition

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-432

  Herzmann, Grit ^a   Curran, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP; Memory encoding; Old new effects; Perceptual expertise; Recognition memory.Dm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960069358     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-010-0036-1     Document Type: Article

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