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    Conditional reasoning with causal premises: Evidence for a retrieval model
    with Henry Markovits
    Thinking and Reasoning 8 (3). 2002.
    This study examined the hypothesis that a key process in conditional reasoning with concrete premises involves on-line retrieval of information about potential alternate antecedents. Participants were asked to solve reasoning problems with causal conditional premises (If cause P then effect Q). These premises were inserted into short contexts. The availability of potential alternatives was varied from one context to another by adding statements that explicitly invalidated one or more of these al…Read more