Inductive reasoning about causally transmitted properties

Cognition

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-192

  Shafto, Patrick ^a   Kemp, Charles ^b   Bonawitz, Elizabeth Baraff ^c   Coley, John D ^d   Tenenbaum, Joshua B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductive reasoning; Property induction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL THINKING; FOOD WEB; INTUITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949111393     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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