Causal-Based Categorization: A Review

Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

Volumn 52, Issue , 2010, Pages 39-116

  Rehder, Bob ^a  

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EID: 77956514043     PISSN: 00797421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-7421(10)52002-4     Document Type: Chapter

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