The role of text representation in students' ability to identify fallacious arguments

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 849-864

  Neuman, Yair ^a   Weizman, Erez ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECALL; STUDENT;

HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STUDENTS;

EID: 0141463865     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980244000666     Document Type: Article

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