The development of counterfactual reasoning

The Developmental Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 165-181

  Beck, Sarah R ^a   Riggs, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925766305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315856568     Document Type: Chapter

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