Extrapolation: The sine qua non for abstraction in function learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 968-986

  DeLosh, Edward L ^a   Busemeyer, Jerome R ^b   McDaniel, Mark A ^c  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING;

HUMANS; LEARNING;

EID: 0031180970     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.4.968     Document Type: Article

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