On some limits of hypothetical thinking

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 784-808

  Elqayam, Shira ^a   Handley, Simon J ^b   Evans, Jonathan St B T ^b   Bacon, Alison M ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

COMPREHENSION; CUES; DECEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBABILITY LEARNING; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 42449102568     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701425795     Document Type: Article

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