Event category learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 638-658

  Kersten, Alan W ^a,b   Billman, Dorrit ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031479985     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.3.638     Document Type: Article

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