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Subjects were taught a code in order to alleviate storage load during a concept identification problem. While using this code Ss performed about as expected from an information processing point of view but still showed some loss of information. Knowledgeable Ss performed better than more naive ones
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Klingsporn, M.J., Peters, C.R., Enns, M.P. et al. Near optimal processing of information during concept identification. Psychon Sci 9, 537–538 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327877
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