A developmental mental model theory of conditional reasoning

The Developmental Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 63-83

  Gauffroy, Caroline ^a   Barrouillet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84925778072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315856568     Document Type: Chapter

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