Individual differences in working memory capacity and resistance to belief bias in syllogistic reasoning.
In two experiments, we investigated the possibility that individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) would provide resistance to belief bias in syllogistic reasoning. In Experiment 1 (N = 157), participants showed a belief bias effect in that they had longer response times and decreased...
| Publicado en: | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Vol. 70; no. 8; pp. 1471 - 1485 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Aug2017
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