Strategies in sentential reasoning

Cognitive Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-468

  Van der Henst, Jean Baptiste ^a   Yang, Yingrui ^b   Johnson Laird, P N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental models; Reasoning; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344145361     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog2604_2     Document Type: Article

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