Truth table task: Working memory load, latencies, and perceived relevance

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-364

  Sevenants, Aline ^a   Dieussaert, Kristien ^a   Schaeken, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Classification times; Conditionals; Mental models accounts; Suppositional theory; Truth table task; Working memory load

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MENTAL LOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY; ASSERTIVENESS; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; INTELLIGENCE; LOGIC; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVISED MENTAL MODELS THEORY; SUPPOSITIONAL THEORY; THINKING; TRUTH TABLE TASK; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 84877677278     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2013.775131     Document Type: Article

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