Cross-cultural similarities in category structure

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-287

  Schunn, Christian D ^a   Vera, Alonso H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 3543023889     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780442000097     Document Type: Article

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