Sortal concepts, object individuation, and language

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 400-406

  Xu, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; FORMAL LANGUAGES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; METAPHYSICS; OBJECT INDIVIDUATION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

COGNITION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CROSS FERTILIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; METAPHYSICS; NONHUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548239201     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.08.002     Document Type: Review

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