Causal and noncausal conditionals: An integrated model of interpretation and reasoning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1479-1513

  Weidenfeld, Andrea ^a   Oberauer, Klaus ^a   Hörnig, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33644876288     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: 14640740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980443000719     Document Type: Article

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