Why are different features central for natural kinds and artifacts?: The role of causal status in determining feature centrality

Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-178

  Ahn, Woo Kyoung ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0032247695     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(98)00063-8     Document Type: Article

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