Stages of Category Learning in Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and Humans (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-53

  Smith, J David ^a   Chapman, William P ^a   Redford, Joshua S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

abstraction; category learning; primate cognition; prototypes; stages of learning

Indexed keywords

PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, PATTERN RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

HOMO SAPIENS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 76849107019     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016573     Document Type: Article

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