Simplified learning in complex situations: Knowledge partitioning in function learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-193

  Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a   Kalish, Michael ^a   Ngang, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; RANDOMIZATION; VISION;

HUMANS; LEARNING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047673631     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.131.2.163     Document Type: Article

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