Information about the logical structure of a category affects generalization

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-386

  Pothos, Emmanuel M ^a   Chater, Nick ^b   Stewart, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4344679227     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/0007126041528158     Document Type: Article

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