A mixed Rasch model of dual-process conditional reasoning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 809-824

  Bonnefon, Jean François ^a,c   Eid, Michael ^b   Vautier, Stéphane ^a   Jmel, Said ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CNRS UPS 846   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEMANTICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 42449089305     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701434573     Document Type: Article

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