Conceptual illusions

Cognition

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-265

  Goodwin, Geoffrey P ^a   Johnson Laird, P N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boolean concepts; Concepts; Illusions; Mental models; Mental representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449137178     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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