Mental model theory versus the inference rule approach in relational reasoning

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-203

  Van der Henst, Jean Baptiste ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Institut Jean Nicod   (France)

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EID: 16244396053     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780244000024     Document Type: Article

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