Studying the role of cognitive control in reasoning: evidence for the congruency sequence effect in the ratio-bias task

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 81-97

  Aczel, Balazs ^a   Palfi, Bence ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

cognitive control; conflict adaptation; Congruency sequence effect; ratio bias task

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984710739     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2016.1220424     Document Type: Article

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