Mental models in deductive reasoning

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-140

  García Madruga, Juan A ^a   Gutiérrez, Francisco ^a   Carriedo, Nuria ^a   Moreno, Sergio ^b   Johnson Laird, Philip N ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditionals; Deductive reasoning; Mental models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LOGIC; MENTAL FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; LOGIC; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0036833749     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600005904     Document Type: Article

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