Generic perception: Open-ended categorization of natural classes

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 845-887

  Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Categorization; Cognition; Concepts; Evolution; Perception; Pigeon; Polymorphous classes; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001453773     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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