Reasoning from unfamiliar premises a study with unschooled adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 550-554

  Dias, Maria ^a   Roazzi, Antonio ^a   Harris, Paul L ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 23944492078     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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