Simple, individually unique, and context-dependent learning methods for models of human category learning

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 240-255

  Matsuka, Toshihiko ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 26944479730     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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