Learning concepts and categories: Is spacing the "enemy of induction"?

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 585-592

  Kornell, Nate ^a   Bjork, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PAINTING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VISION;

CALIFORNIA; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PAINTINGS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44949148428     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02127.x     Document Type: Article

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