Cognitive load on working memory both encourages and discourages reasoning bias regarding the mental states of others

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-171

  Maehara, Yukio ^a   Saito, Satoru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Dual task; Probability judgement; Theory of mind; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881537138     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12017     Document Type: Article

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