When learning to classify by relations is easier than by features

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-401

  Tomlinson, Marc T ^a   Love, Bradley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Category learning; Features; Relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649872699     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2010.530464     Document Type: Article

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