Reasoning about highly emotional topics: Syllogistic reasoning in a group of war veterans

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-164

  Blanchette, Isabelle ^a   Campbell, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief bias; Deduction; Emotion; Reasoning; Syllogism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPLOYMENT RISK AND RESILIENCE INVENTORY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL TASK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY CARE PTSD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCREEN FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMS; VETERAN; WAR;

EID: 84862022423     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.603693     Document Type: Article

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