Stages of abstraction and exemplar memorization in pigeon category learning

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1059-1067

  Cook, Robert G ^a   Smith, J David ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; COLUMBIDAE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845621567     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01833.x     Document Type: Article

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