A Probabilistic Interpretation of "If-Then"

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 828-844

  Liu, In Mao ^a   Lo, King Chung ^b   Wu, Jei Tun ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0030490832     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755646     Document Type: Article

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