The effect of explicit negatives and of different contrast classes on conditional syllogisms

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 533-550

  Schaeken, Walter ^a   Schroyens, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040885773     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712600161970     Document Type: Article

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