Conjunctions of visually based categories: Overextension and compensation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 378-396

  Hampton, James A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0030303941     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.2.378     Document Type: Article

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