Categorical reasoning from multiple diagrams

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 333-376

  Roberts, Maxwell J ^a   Sykes, Elizabeth D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 13844298204     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980343000909     Document Type: Review

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