The modulation of conditional assertions and its effects on reasoning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1716-1739

  Quelhas, Ana Cristina ^a   Johnson Laird, Philip N ^b   Juhos, Csongor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditionals; Formal rules of inference; Mental models; Modulation; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956697201     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903536902     Document Type: Article

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