concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: perceptual expertise

perceptual development/experience
type: Concept
narrower: perceptual expertise

perceptual expertise
type: Concept
broader: individual differences across species
broader: perceptual development/experience
definition: The study of perceptual expertise addresses the acquisition of perceptual skills that generalize across objects in a domain, such as the ability to recognize birds, to match handwriting samples, or to interpret x-rays or weather maps. Although perceptual expertise in many domains is rare (e.g., few people can match fingerprints), most people acquire some kind of expertise, such as the ability to recognize characters of a writing system or to learn new faces. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Perceptual Expertise]