To What Extent Do Pragmatic Reasoning Schemas Affect Performance on Wason's Selection Task?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 463-489

  Noveck, Ira A ^a   O'Brien, David P ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0030534210     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755623     Document Type: Article

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