Distinctiveness and Correlation in Conceptual Structure: Behavioral and Computational Studies

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 393-406

  Randall, Billi ^a,b   Moss, Helen E ^a,b   Rodd, Jennifer M ^a,b   Greer, Mike ^a,b   Tyler, Lorraine K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS;

EID: 1542267831     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.2.393     Document Type: Article

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