Logic brightens my day: Evidence for implicit sensitivity to logical validity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1448-1457

  Trippas, Dries ^a   Handley, Simon J ^b,d   Verde, Michael F ^b   Morsanyi, Kinga ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Brightness; Dual process theory; Intuition; Logic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CULTURE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; SEMANTICS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958211484     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000248     Document Type: Article

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