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The influence of cognitive ability and instructional set on causal conditional inference

Jonathan St. B. T. Evans University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Simon J. Handley University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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Helen Neilens University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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David Over Durham University, Durham, UK
Pages 892-909 | Received 14 Nov 2008, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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