Central tendencies, extreme points, and prototype enhancement effects in ill-defined perceptual categorization

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 197-235

  Palmeri, Thomas J ^a   Nosofsky, Robert M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0038970319     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980042000084     Document Type: Article

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