The long-term effect of relational information in classification learning

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-390

  Mathy, Fabien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Boolean; Categorisation; Classification; Mutual information; Rules

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEARNING; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PSYCHOMETRY; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77951687307     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440902903603     Document Type: Article

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