Comparing the meanings of “if” and “all”

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1345-1356

  Cruz, Nicole ^a,c   Oberauer, Klaus ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditionals; Deductive reasoning; Interpretation; Quantified statements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMAN; LOGIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LOGIC; PROBABILITY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939879277     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-014-0442-x     Document Type: Article

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