In search of counter-examples: Deductive rationality in human reasoning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1129-1145

  Schroyens, Walter ^a   Schaeken, Walter ^a   Handley, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPUTER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; COMPUTERS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0242287174     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980245000043     Document Type: Article

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