Propositional reasoning and working memory: The role of prior training and pragmatic content

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 303-327

  Meiser, Thorsten ^a,c   Klauer, Karl Christoph ^b   Naumer, Birgit ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Inductive deductive reasoning; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0347608228     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(00)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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