Shuttling between depictive models and abstract rules: Induction and fallback

Cognitive Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-497

  Schwartz, Daniel L ^a   Black, John B ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030269298     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0364-0213(99)80012-3     Document Type: Article

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