Words can slow down category learning

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 798-804

  Brojde, Chandra L ^a   Porter, Chelsea ^a   Colunga, Eliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

EID: 79959958970     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0103-z     Document Type: Article

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