Working memory and propositional reasoning: Searching for new working memory tests

The Shape of Reason: Essays in Honour of Paolo Legrenzi

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 69-89

  García Madruga, Juan A ^a   Gutiérrez, Francisco ^a   Carriedo, Nuria ^a   Luzón, José María ^a   Vila, José Óscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203338186     Document Type: Chapter

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