Function follows form: Activation of shape and function features during object identification

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-363

  Yee, Eiling ^a   Huffstetler, Stacy ^a   Thompson Schill, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Semantic attributes; Semantic features; Semantic memory; Spoken word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961191556     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022840     Document Type: Article

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