Similar and different: The differentiation of basic-level categories

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-70

  Markman, Arthur B ^a   Wisniewski, Edward J ^b  

^a Teachers College   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031540562     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.1.54     Document Type: Article

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