Ultra Rapid Object Categorization: Effects of Level, Animacy and Context

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Praß, Maren ^a   Grimsen, Cathleen ^a   König, Martina ^a   Fahle, Manfred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879540241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068051     Document Type: Article

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