Can any ostrich fly?: Some new data on belief bias in syllogistic reasoning

Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-218

  Cherubini, Paolo ^a   Garnham, Alan ^b   Oakhill, Jane ^b   Morley, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief bias; Mental models theory; Syllogistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; REINFORCEMENT; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0032253901     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(98)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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