The Role of Working Memory in Deductive Reasoning: A Dual Task and Individual Differences Approach

The ‘belief bias’ effect is one of the most pervasive findings in the study of syllogistic reasoning. Here, participants respond “valid” to more believable than unbelievable conclusions, regardless of the actual validity of the conclusion. There is also an interaction characteristic of the belief bi...

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Main Author: Solcz, Stephanie
Language:en
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/3916