| The initial representation in reasoning towards an interpretation of conditional sentences. | |
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PMID: 21104563 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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All accounts of human reasoning (whether presented at the symbolic or subsymbolic level) have to reckon with the temporal organization of the human processing systems and the ephemeral nature of the representations it uses. We present three new empirical tests for the hypothesis that people commence the interpretational process by constructing a minimal initial representation. In the case of if A then C the initial representation captures the occurrence of the consequent, C, within the context of the antecedent, A. Conditional inference problems are created by a categorical premise that affirms or denies A or C. The initial representation allows an inference when the explicitly represented information matches (e.g., the categorical premise A affirms the antecedent "A") but not when it mismatches (e.g., "not-A" denies A). Experiments 1 and 2 confirmed that people tend to accept the conclusion that "nothing follows" for the denial problems, as indeed they do not have a determinate initial-model conclusion. Experiment 3 demonstrated the other way round that the effect of problem type (affirmation versus denial) is reduced when we impede the possibility of inferring a determinate conclusion on the basis of the initial representation of both the affirmation and the denial problems. |
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Authors:
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Walter Schroyens; Senne Braem |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-11-18 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) Volume: 64 ISSN: 1747-0226 ISO Abbreviation: Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-01-31 Completed Date: 2011-06-01 Revised Date: 2011-10-19 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101259775 Medline TA: Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 339-62 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Walter.Schroyens@psy.kuleuven.be |
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Concept Formation* Humans Language* Models, Psychological Problem Solving Semantics |
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