Category prototypicality judgments in adults and children: Behavioral and electrophysiological correlates

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-211

  Ellis, Ann E ^a   Nelson, Charles A ^b  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032960687     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565649909540745     Document Type: Article

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