How can mental models theory account for content effects in conditional reasoning? A developmental perspective

Cognition

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-253

  Barrouillet, Pierre ^a,b   Lecas, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Conditional reasoning; Mental models; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0032527239     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(98)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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