The curse of knowledge in reasoning about false beliefs: Research report

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 382-386

  Birch, Susan A J ^a   Bloom, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; STUDENT;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

EID: 34250350849     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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