Belief-based and analytic processing in transitive inference depends on premise integration difficulty

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 928-940

  Andrews, Glenda ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958180038     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.38.7.928     Document Type: Article

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