The transitive task revisited: Investigating key hallmarks from the start to the end of training

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-123

  Wright, Barlow ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 32144445425     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780500172326     Document Type: Article

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