Conditional Reasoning With False Premises Facilitates the Transition Between Familiar and Abstract Reasoning

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 646-660

  Markovits, Henry ^a   Lortie Forgues, Hugues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953023011     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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