Metamorphosis: Essence, appearance, and behavior in the categorization of natural kinds

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1785-1800

  Hampton, James A ^a   Estes, Zachary ^b   Simmons, Sabrina ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; METAMORPHOSIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; READING;

EID: 34447541609     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193510     Document Type: Article

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