Why do categories affect stimulus judgment?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 220-241

  Huttenlocher, Janellen ^a   Hedges, Larry V ^b   Vevea, Jack L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034204125     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.129.2.220     Document Type: Article

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