Two competing attentional mechanisms in category learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1437-1458

  Kersten, Alan W ^a,b   Goldstone, Robert L ^a   Schaffert, Alexandra ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032327740     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.24.6.1437     Document Type: Article

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