Indicative and counterfactual 'only if' conditionals

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-249

  Egan, Suzanne M ^a   García Madruga, Juan A ^b   Byrne, Ruth M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conditional reasoning; Counterfactuals; Only if

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; THINKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349451971     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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