The nature of experience determines object representations in the visual system

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 682-698

  Wong, Yetta K ^a   Folstein, Jonathan R ^b   Gauthier, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Object recognition; Perceptual expertise; Perceptual learning; Visual representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874711594     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027822     Document Type: Article

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