The role of dimensional distinctiveness in children's and adults' artifact categorization

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-144

  Hammer, Rubi ^a,b   Diesendruck, Gil ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 14544268060     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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