The compatibility heuristic in non-categorical hypothetical reasoning: Inferences between conditionals and disjunctions

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 98-129

  Espino, Orlando ^a   Byrne, Ruth M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conditional; Disjunction; Heuristic; Hypothetical; Inference; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDITIONAL; DECISION MAKING; DISJUNCTION; HEURISTIC; HUMAN; HYPOTHETICAL; INFERENCE; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REASONING; THINKING;

CONDITIONAL; DISJUNCTION; HEURISTIC; HYPOTHETICAL; INFERENCE; REASONING;

CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING;

EID: 84882800864     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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