Sherlock Holmes - an expert's view of expertise.
In recent years, there has been an intense research effort to understand the cognitive processes and structures underlying expert behaviour. Work in different fields, including scientific domains, sports, games and mnemonics, has shown that there are vast differences in perceptual abilities between...
| Published in: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 99; no. 1; pp. 109 - 126 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
February 2008
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