More evidence for a dual-process model of conditional reasoning

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 736-747

  Markovits, Henry ^a   Forgues, Hugues Lortie ^a   Brunet, Marie Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deductive reasoning; Dual processes; Individual differences; Mental models; Probabilistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863431593     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0186-4     Document Type: Article

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