Pigeons concurrently categorize photographs at both basic and superordinate levels

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1111-1117

  Lazareva, Olga F ^a,b   Freiburger, Kate L ^a   Wasserman, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

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EID: 21944455977     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196745     Document Type: Article

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