Holistic processing as a hallmark of perceptual expertise for nonface categories including Chinese characters

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Wong, Alan C N ^a   Bukach, Cindy M ^b   Hsiao, Janet ^c   Greenspon, Emma ^b   Ahern, Emily ^b   Duan, Yiran ^b   Lui, Kelvin F H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese characters; Holistic processing; Letter perception; Perceptual expertise; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878195062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.13.7     Document Type: Article

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