Exemplar theory's predicted typicality gradient can be tested and disconfirmed

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 437-442

  Smith, J David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0036715872     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00477     Document Type: Article

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