Adaptive strategy application in linear reasoning

Methods of Thought: Individual Differences in Reasoning Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 107-127

  Dierckx, Vicky ^a   Vandierendonck, André ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 84905544373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203503881     Document Type: Chapter

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