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Effects of Generic Language on Category Content and Structure

We hypothesized that generic noun phrases (“Bears climb trees”) would provide important input to children’s developing concepts. In three experiments, four-year-olds and adults learned a series of facts about a novel animal category, in one of three wording conditions: generic (e.g., “Zarpies hate i...

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Main Authors: Gelman, Susan A., Ware, Elizabeth A., Kleinberg, Felicia
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933429/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20638053
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2010.06.001
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