How our brains reason logically

Topoi

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-36

  Knauff, Markus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Logical thinking; Mental logic; Mental models; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248352726     PISSN: 01677411     EISSN: 15728749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11245-006-9002-8     Document Type: Article

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