Symbols and similarity: You can get too much of a good thing

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-49

  DeLoache, Judy S ^a   Sharon, Tanya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTROSPECTION; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSEVERATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 33645243743     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0601_3     Document Type: Article

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