Developmental and individual differences in conditional reasoning: Effects of logic instructions and alternative antecedents

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-354

  Daniel, David B ^a   Klaczynski, Paul A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGIC; MALE; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGIC; MALE; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33645087904     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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