The empirical case for two systems of reasoning

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-22

  Sloman, Steven A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954557633     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.119.1.3     Document Type: Article

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