Event structure in perception and conception

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-21

  Zacks, Jeffrey M ^a   Tversky, Barbara ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; TIME PERCEPTION;

CAUSALITY; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035229524     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.127.1.3     Document Type: Article

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