Chronometric evidence for the dual-process mental model theory of conditional

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-182

  Vergauwe, Evie ^a   Gauffroy, Caroline ^a   Morsanyi, Kinga ^a   Dagry, Isabelle ^a   Barrouillet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conditional reasoning; Heuristic and analytic processes; Mental models; Response times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL MODEL THEORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; CHRONOLOGY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENCE; LOGIC; MENTAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84876107404     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.744743     Document Type: Article

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