When is a cause the "same"?: Coherent generalization across contexts

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1014-1021

  Liljeholm, Mimi ^a   Cheng, Patricia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN;

CAUSALITY; COGNITION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT;

EID: 35348962721     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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