Basic-level geographic categories

Professional Geographer

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-194

  Lloyd, Robert ^a   Patton, David ^b   Cammack, Rex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic level theory; Cognitive maps; Geographic categories; Learning

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEVEL THEORY; COGNITIVE MAP; GEOGRAPHICAL CATEGORY; INFORMATION STORAGE;

EID: 0029751616     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1996.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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