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Mental models in deductive reasoning.
We report research investigating the role of mental models in deduction. The first study deals with conjunctive inferences (from one conjunction and two conditional premises) and disjunctive inferences (from one disjunction and the same two conditionals). The second study examines reasoning from multiple conditionals such as: If e then b; If a then b; If b then c; What follows between a and c? ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Spanish Journal of Psychology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1138-7416,1988-2904
DOI: 10.1017/s1138741600005904