The influence of prior knowledge in intentional versus incidental concept learning

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 685-698

  Wattenmaker, William D ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032827197     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211562     Document Type: Article

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