The neuropsychological bases of category learning

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-14

  Ashby, F Gregory ^a   Waldron, Elliott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Categorization; Implicit learning; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034348680     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00049     Document Type: Article

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