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 Object recognition Is face recognition special? Evidence from experts in dog recognition (Diamond & Carey, 1986)  
   
Aesthetics of Abstract Paintings  
 Attention Do videogames improve attention? commentary  
Do emotional words capture your attention? (pashler)  
Attentional Effects on Object Recognition Detecting changes in complex scenes (Rensink 97)  
Change blindness and social perceptions  Simons, D. J., & Levin, D. T. (1998). Failure to detect changes to people during a real-world interaction. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 5, 644-649.  
Is there implicit detection of change (Fernandez-Duque, 2000)  
     
   
Working Memory

Reisberg, D., Rappaport, I., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1984). The limits of working memory: The digit-digit span. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 10, 203-221.

 
Episodic Memory Memory for everyday objects  
Flashbulb memory    
Memory Errors Memory for fact, fiction, and Misinformation: the Iraq war media release  
A paradigm to create false memories Smith  

Schmolck, H; Buffalo, E. A; Squire, Larry R. Memory distortions develop over time: Recollections of the O.J. Simpson trial verdict after 15 and 32 months. Psychological Science. Vol 11(1), Jan 2000, 39-45.

 
Bilingualism & Executive function  Does bilingualism increase executive function?  
Imagery   imagery in athletes  
Choking under pressure  Just do it! Why experts sometimes choke under pressure  
Concepts & Categories  Essentialism & Mental Illness DSM & causal theories of mental illness (Ahn) stereotypes (Rothbart)