The development of category learning strategies: What makes the difference?

Cognition

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-119

  Hammer, Rubi ^a   Diesendruck, Gil ^b   Weinshall, Daphna ^a   Hochstein, Shaul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Categorization; Category learning; Cognitive development; Comparison; Concept hierarchy; Conceptual development; Learning to learn; Logical inference; Perceived similarity; Structural alignment; Taxonomic organization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349115525     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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