Taxometric analysis of fuzzy categories: A Monte Carlo study

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 401-404

  Haslam, Nick ^a   Cleland, Charles ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN;

FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS;

EID: 0036545975     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.2.401     Document Type: Article

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