Domain differences in the structure of artifactual and natural categories

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-214

  Estes, Zachary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0037367707     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194379     Document Type: Article

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