Feature centrality and property induction

Cognitive Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-74

  Hadjichristidis, Constantinos ^a   Sloman, Steven ^b   Stevenson, Rosemary ^c   Over, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorical inference; Conceptual centrality; Induction; Projectibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142303060     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsci.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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