Heuristic and analytic processes in reasoning: An event-related potential study of belief bias

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 290-297

  Banks, Adrian P ^a   Hope, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief bias; Dual process theory; ERP; N2; P3

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BRAIN; COGNITION; CULTURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84894244514     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12169     Document Type: Article

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