It is not the case that if you understand a conditional you know how to negate it

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-334

  Espino, Orlando ^a   Byrne, Ruth M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conditionals; Negation; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASONING; THINKING; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGIC; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 84861440671     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.639759     Document Type: Article

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