Theories of the syllogism: A meta-analysis

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-457

  Khemlani, Sangeet ^a   Johnson Laird, P N ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Logic; Mental models; Reasoning; Rules of inference; Syllogisms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MENTAL FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LOGIC; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84864500327     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026841     Document Type: Article

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