On the emergence of the discriminative mode for transitive-inference

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 776-800

  Wright, Barlow C ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATURATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; TRANSITIVE INFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33747624444     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440500334466     Document Type: Article

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