Model theory of deduction: A unified computational approach

Cognitive Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 839-901

  Bara, Bruno G ^a   Bucciarelli, Monica ^a   Lombardo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational model; Deduction; Development; Mental models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035740363     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0364-0213(01)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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