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Shifting from a simple concept (e.g., color) to a conjunctive concept was easier when the conjunction was confined to the same dimension (color-color conjunction) than when the conjunction was either confined to another dimension (shape-shape) or spread over both dimensions (color-shape). Of the two difficult conditions, the two-dimensional one tended to be harder than the one-dimensional one.
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Sutherland, R.D., Brown, W.P. Shifting from a simple to a conjunctive concept. Psychon Sci 14, 179–180 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332777
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