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ERIC Number: EJ588463
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Age of Acquisition in Face Categorisation: Is There an Instance-Based Account?
Lewis, Michael B.
Cognition, v71 n1 pB23-B39 May 3 1999
Considers predictions derived from an instance-based model of effects of age of acquisition on face categorization. Describes test of predictions, which found that speed of college students' categorization of 185 faces from two television programs was influenced by frequency of occurrence on the show, time the characters were in the show, and time since they had left the show. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Individual Development, Memory, Models, Recognition (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Facial Recognition