Classification of Exemplars with Single- and Multiple-Feature Manifestations: The Effects of Relevant Dimension Variation and Category Structure

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-117

  Markman, Arthur B ^a   Maddox, W Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOMIZATION;

HUMANS; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 85047687895     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.1.107     Document Type: Article

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