Thematic Relations Affect Similarity Via Commonalities

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1454-1464

  Golonka, Sabrina ^a   Estes, Zachary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

difference; similarity; structural alignment; thematic integration; thematic relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 71649091349     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017397     Document Type: Article

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