Conditionals and Conditional Probability

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-335

  Evans, Jonathan St B T ^a   Handley, Simon J ^a   Over, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS;

COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; LOGIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0042482806     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.2.321     Document Type: Article

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