Category vs. object knowledge in category-based induction

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Murphy, Gregory L ^a   Ross, Brian H ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Category based induction; Concepts; Induction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951652907     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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