Generalization in higher order cognition: Categorization and analogy as bridges to stored knowledge

Generalization of Knowledge: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 175-198

  Levering, Kimery ^a   Kurtz, Kenneth J ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920990865     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203848036     Document Type: Chapter

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