Belief bias and relational reasoning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-154

  Roberts, Maxwell J ^a   Sykes, Elizabeth D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038810103     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980244000233     Document Type: Article

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