Syllogistic reasoning and belief-bias inhibition in school children: Evidence from a negative priming paradigm

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-172

  Moutier, Sylvain ^a   Plagne Cayeux, Stéphanie ^a   Melot, Anne Marie ^a   Houdé, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PERCEPTION;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645016441     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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