Interactivity fosters bayesian reasoning without instruction

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 581-603

  Vallée Tourangeau, Gaëlle ^a   Abadie, Marlène ^b   Vallée Tourangeau, Frédéric ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Affordances; Bayesian inferences; Distributed cognition; Statistical reasoning; Systemic cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930805371     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0039161     Document Type: Article

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