The joint contributions of shape and color to variability discrimination

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-67

  Young, Michael E ^a   Ellefson, Michelle R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Entropy; Relational learning; Relevant and irrelevant; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037331898     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0023-9690(02)00504-0     Document Type: Article

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