Interference between cues requires a causal scenario: Favorable evidence for causal reasoning models in learning processes

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-208

  Luque, David ^a   Cobos, Pedro L ^a   López, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Associative; Causality; Interference; Learning; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249096977     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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