Category Learning with Minimal Prior Knowledge

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 829-846

  Kaplan, Audrey S ^a   Murphy, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME;

COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0034220148     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.4.829     Document Type: Article

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