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Hayes, Brett K.; Stephens, Rachel G.; Ngo, Jeremy; Dunn, John C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
Three-experiments examined the number of qualitatively different processing dimensions needed to account for inductive and deductive reasoning. In each study, participants were presented with arguments that varied in logical validity and consistency with background knowledge (believability), and evaluated them according to deductive criteria…
Descriptors: Inferences, Logical Thinking, Short Term Memory, Cognitive Processes