Conditional reasoning with causal premises: Evidence for a retrieval model

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-191

  Quinn, Stephane ^a   Markovits, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0038467667     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780244000015     Document Type: Article

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