The psychology of reasoning and human rationality: From standard logic to an ecological approach

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-291

  Mérida, Juan Antonio Mora ^a   Jorge, Miguel Luis Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological approach; Rationality; Reasoning; Standard logic

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549156830     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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