Deductive reasoning from uncertain conditionals

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 345-381

  Politzer, Guy ^a,b   Bourmaud, Gaëtan ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036676506     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712602760146251     Document Type: Article

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