Probabilistic reasoning: Rational expectations in young children and infants

New Approaches in Reasoning Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 87-103

  Girotto, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315879857     Document Type: Chapter

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