Modeling the Effects of Argument Length and Validity on Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1317-1330

  Rotello, Caren M ^a   Heit, Evan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

mathematical modeling; reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LOGIC; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGIC; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68949214354     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016648     Document Type: Article

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