Effects of background knowledge on category construction

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 525-538

  Spalding, Thomas L ^a,b   Murphy, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 0030544462     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.2.525     Document Type: Article

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