Conceptual distinctions amongst generics

Cognition

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 405-422

  Prasada, Sandeep ^a   Khemlani, Sangeet ^a,b   Leslie, Sarah Jane ^a,b   Glucksberg, Sam ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Generalizations; Generics; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; GENERICS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; LANGUAGE;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84871882761     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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