Supervised versus unsupervised categorization: Two sides of the same coin?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1692-1713

  Pothos, Emmanuel M ^a   Edwards, Darren J ^a   Perlman, Amotz ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Categorization models; Supervised categorization; Unsupervised categorization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STUDENT; TEACHER; UNIVERSITY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 80052503779     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.554990     Document Type: Article

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