Object Categorization: Reversals and Explanations of the Basic-Level Advantage

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-469

  Rogers, Timothy T ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Medical Research

Author keywords

basic level; categorization; object recognition; semantic dementia; semantic memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS;

AGED; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSAL LEARNING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 34548821869     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.136.3.451     Document Type: Article

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