Basic-level categorization of intermediate complexity fragments reveals top-down effects of expertise in visual perception

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Harel, Assaf ^a   Ullman, Shimon ^b   Harari, Danny ^b   Bentin, Shlomo ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Categorization; Expertise; Object recognition; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VISION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80054681014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.8.1     Document Type: Article

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