Accessing distant premise information: How memory feeds reasoning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-395

  Lea, R Brooke ^a   Mulligan, Elizabeth J ^b   Walton, Jennifer Lee ^c  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LOGIC; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LOGIC; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 20444491239     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.3.387     Document Type: Article

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