Effects of generic language on category content and structure

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-301

  Gelman, Susan A ^a   Ware, Elizabeth A ^b   Kleinberg, Felicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VITERBO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Children; Essentialism; Generics; Kinds; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77956057996     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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