Confidence and accuracy in deductive reasoning

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 619-632

  Shynkaruk, Jody M ^a   Thompson, Valerie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; VALIDITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33748869535     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193584     Document Type: Article

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