Developmental trends in everyday conditional reasoning: The retrieval and inhibition interplay

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 252-263

  De Neys, Wim ^a   Everaerts, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Decision making; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOGIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; BELGIUM; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOGIC; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 48949116151     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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