Effects of Directionality in Deductive Reasoning: I. The Comprehension of Single Relational Premises

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1702-1712

  Oberauer, Klaus ^a   Wilhelm, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034328739     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.6.1702     Document Type: Article

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