Processes of Overall Similarity Sorting in Free Classification

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 676-692

  Milton, Fraser ^a   Longmore, Christopher A ^a   Wills, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analytic nonanalytic processing; free classification; match to standards; speeded categorization; triad

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; VISION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44449120959     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.3.676     Document Type: Article

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