Conditional reasoning, frequency of counterexamples, and the effect of response modality

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-492

  Markovits, Henry ^a   Forgues, Hugues Lortie ^a   Brunet, Marie Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955951751     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.38.4.485     Document Type: Article

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