Linking syntax and inductive reasoning: Categorical labeling and generic noun phrases

Psychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Yamauchi, Takashi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Category; Labels; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649101510     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2008.1     Document Type: Article

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