On the Relation between Representations Constructed from Text Comprehension and Transitive Inference Production

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 187-203

  Favrel, José ^a,b   Barrouillet, Pierre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033629379     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.1.187     Document Type: Article

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