Error-driven knowledge restructuring in categorization

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 846-861

  Kalish, Michael L ^a,b   Lewandowsky, Stephan ^b   Davies, Melissa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Category learning; Error driven learning; Selective attention; Strategy change; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING;

EID: 27944473897     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.846     Document Type: Article

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