The downside of categories

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 513-514

  Murphy, Gregory L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFERENCE ENGINES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

CATEGORY-BASED INDUCTION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; MENTAL FUNCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0345256457     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2003.10.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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