An extended study of the nonindependence of stimulus properties in human classification learning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-64

  Mathy, Fabien ^a   Bradmetz, Joël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Boolean; Categorization; Concept learning; Rules; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VISION;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78651347964     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.493972     Document Type: Article

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