Do development and learning really decrease memory? On similarity and category-based induction in adults and children

Cognition

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1451-1464

  Wilburn, Catherine ^a   Feeney, Aidan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categories; Children; Development; Induction; Reasoning; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 38749110435     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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