Reasoning from memory: A lifespan inquiry into the necessity of remembering when reasoning about class inclusion

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-42

  Howe, Mark L ^a   Rabinowitz, F Michael ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030074426     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.0001     Document Type: Article

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