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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A
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Volume 46, 1993 - Issue 4: The Cognitive Psychology of Reasoning
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Information relevance, working memory, and the consideration of alternatives

Clifford R. Mynatt Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.CorrespondenceCMYNATT at TRAPPER.Bitnet.
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Michael E. Doherty Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.
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William Dragan Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, U.S.A.
Pages 759-778 | Received 12 Jun 1993, Published online: 29 May 2007

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