Necessity, sufficiency, and perspective effects in causal conditional reasoning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 771-790

  Fairley, Neil ^a   Manktelow, Ken I ^a   Over, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033468070     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755829     Document Type: Article

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