The science of cycology: Failures to understand how everyday objects work

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1667-1675

  Lawson, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SCIENCE;

EID: 33751061610     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195929     Document Type: Article

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