How causal knowledge affects classification: A generative theory of categorization

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 659-683

  Rehder, Bob ^a,b   Kim, Shinwoo ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New York University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Causal knowledge; Causal model theory; Causal status hypothesis; Classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CAUSALITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 33746590392     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.4.659     Document Type: Article

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