273 Citations
Fractionating the System of Deductive Reasoning
- Psychology
- 2009
In this chapter I suggest that the best way to advance our understanding of the neural basis of reasoning is to put equal emphasis on cognitive theory and neuropsychological data and ideas. This…
fMRI Evidence for a Three-Stage Model of Deductive Reasoning
- Biology, Psychology
- 2006
The neurocognitive processes underlying logical thinking with event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging are investigated with three temporally separable phases: the premise processing phase, the premise integration phase, and the validation phase in which reasoners decide whether a conclusion logically follows from the premises.
Paradoxical Reasoning: An fMRI Study
- Psychology, PhilosophyFrontiers in Psychology
- 2022
Results confirmed that different brain activation patterns are engaged for paradoxical vs. deductive reasoning providing a basis for future studies on human physiological as well as pathological reasoning.
Reasoning logically in cognitive domains
- PsychologyLog. J. IGPL
- 2016
A review of the research developed in logic and reasoning over the last 50 years is presented, pointing at the different brain regions involved in reasoning and logical thinking and the results of a study produced at the University of Chieti.
Distinct neural substrates for deductive and mathematical processing
- Psychology, BiologyBrain Research
- 2008
A Neuro-Cognitive Theory of Deductive Relational Reasoning with Mental Models and Visual Images
- Biology, PsychologySpatial Cogn. Comput.
- 2009
The aim of the paper is to resolve the inconsistencies in the previous literature on reasoning and imagery and to develop a neurally and cognitively plausible theory of human relational reasoning.
Recomposing a fragmented literature: How conditional and relational arguments engage different neural systems for deductive reasoning
- PsychologyNeuroImage
- 2010
Brain Imaging, Forward Inference, and Theories of Reasoning
- PsychologyFront. Hum. Neurosci.
- 2015
Brain imaging studies of reasoning, comparing deductive and inductive arguments, comparing meaningful versus non-meaningful material, investigating hemispheric localization, and comparing conditional and relational arguments, are assessed in light of the method of forward inference.
Cognitive Neuroscience of Causal Reasoning
- Psychology, Biology
- 2017
This chapter discusses (i) three cognitive and computational models of causal reasoning (mental models, causal models, and force composition theory), (ii) experimental findings on causal judgment and reasoning using cognitive neuroscience methods, and the need for a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the nature and mechanisms of causal Reasoning.
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- Biology, PsychologyBrain research. Cognitive brain research
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Dissociation of Mechanisms Underlying Syllogistic Reasoning
- Psychology, BiologyNeuroImage
- 2000
It is concluded that syllogistic reasoning is implemented in two distinct systems whose engagement is primarily a function of the presence or absence of semantic content.
Evidence for Dual Neural Pathways for Syllogistic Reasoning
- Psychology, Biology
- 2003
Data from three neuroimaging studies of syllogistic reasoning that point to dual neural pathways for human reasoning are reviewed, suggesting that this is consistent with a dual mechanism account of reasoning consisting of heuristic and universal or formal processes.
fMRI Evidence for a Three-Stage Model of Deductive Reasoning
- Biology, PsychologyJournal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- 2006
The neurocognitive processes underlying logical thinking with event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging are investigated with three temporally separable phases: the premise processing phase, the premise integration phase, and the validation phase in which reasoners decide whether a conclusion logically follows from the premises.
Neuroanatomical Correlates of Human Reasoning
- Psychology, BiologyJournal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- 1998
The results are consistent with previous neuroimaging studies and raise questions about the level of involvement of classic spatial regions in reasoning about linguistically presented spatial relations.
Functional neuroanatomy of deductive inference: A language-independent distributed network
- PsychologyNeuroImage
- 2007
Distinct brain loci in deductive versus probabilistic reasoning
- Psychology, BiologyNeuropsychologia
- 1998
Mental Models , Deductive Reasoning , and the Brain
- Psychology
- 1995
This chapter considers the two main approaches to deductive thinking: theories based on formal rules of inference postulate that deduction is a syntactic process akin to a logical proof; the mental…