The development of abstract conditional reasoning

The Development of Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 71-91

  Markovits, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84904870861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203068748     Document Type: Chapter

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