"At least one" problem with "some" formal reasoning paradigms

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-229

  Schmidt, James R ^a   Thompson, Valerie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGIC; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; WORKING MEMORY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LOGIC; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 41649084571     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.36.1.217     Document Type: Article

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