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Understanding expertise and non-analytic cognition in fingerprint discriminations made by humans

  • Thompson M
  • Tangen J
  • Searston R
Frontiers in Psychology (2014) 5
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00737
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As a novice in a particular domain, the cognitive feats that experts are capable of performing seem impressive, even extraordinary. According to the well-established exemplar theory of categorisation (eg, Brooks, 1987; Medin & Ross, 1989), a new category member in ...

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Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & Searston, R. A. (2014). Understanding expertise and non-analytic cognition in fingerprint discriminations made by humans. Frontiers in Psychology, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00737

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