The development of causal categorization

Cognitive Science

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1102-1128

  Hayes, Brett K ^a   Rehder, Bob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Causal reasoning; Cognitive development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864354407     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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