Expertise-related differences in conceptual and ontological knowledge in the legal domain

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1043-1064

  Nievelstein, Fleurie ^a   Van Gog, Tamara ^a   Boshuizen, Henny P A ^a   Prins, Frans J ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LAW; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 55249101508     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440701674777     Document Type: Article

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