Brain imaging, forward inference, and theories of reasoning

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Heit, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deduction; Forward inference; Induction; Neuroimaging; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FORWARD INFERENCE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84933671984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01056     Document Type: Review

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