More than one kind of inference: Re-examining what's learned in feature inference and classification

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1568-1589

  Sweller, Naomi ^a   Hayes, Brett K ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Categorisation; Category learning; Induction; Inference learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77954626198     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903438547     Document Type: Article

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