Logical rules and the classification of integral-dimension stimuli

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 801-820

  Little, Daniel R ^a   Nosofsky, Robert M ^b   Donkin, Christopher ^c   Denton, Stephen E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Coactive processing; Integral dimensions; Logical rules; Response times

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84882948599     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029667     Document Type: Article

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