Figure and difficulty in syllogistic reasoning

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-428

  Espino, Orlando ^a   Santamaría, Carlos ^a   García Madruga, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deductive reasoning; Figural effect; Mental models; Syllogism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039001665     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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