On the basis of belief in causal and diagnostic conditionals

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 635-643

  Evans, Jonathan St B T ^a   Handley, Simon J ^a   Hadjchristidis, Constantinos ^b   Thompson, Valerie ^c   Over, David E ^d   Bennett, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 34247379009     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210601100274     Document Type: Article

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