Why do we SLIP to the basic level? Computational constraints and their implementation

Psychological Review

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 735-758

  Gosselin, Frédéric ^a,b   Schyns, Philippe G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 85047686261     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.108.4.735     Document Type: Article

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