Cognitive changes from explanations

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-146

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

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explanations; Inconsistency; Mental models; Minimalism; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; COMPREHENSION; CRITICAL THINKING; EXPLANATION; FEMALE; INTROSPECTION; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL TASK; RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 84876131947     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.720968     Document Type: Article

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