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Baldo, Juliana V.; Bunge, Silvia A.; Wilson, Stephen M.; Dronkers, Nina F. – Brain and Language, 2010
Previous studies with brain-injured patients have suggested that language abilities are necessary for complex problem-solving, even when tasks are non-verbal. In the current study, we tested this notion by analyzing behavioral and neuroimaging data from a large group of left-hemisphere stroke patients (n = 107) suffering from a range of language…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Impairments, Verbal Tests, Problem Solving
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Reverberi, Carlo; Shallice, Tim; D'Agostini, Serena; Skrap, Miran; Bonatti, Luca L. – Neuropsychologia, 2009
Elementary deduction is the ability of unreflectively drawing conclusions from explicit or implicit premises, on the basis of their logical forms. This ability is involved in many aspects of human cognition and interactions. To date, limited evidence exists on its cortical bases. We propose a model of elementary deduction in which logical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Patients, Short Term Memory, Logical Thinking