Dual Processing in Reasoning

@article{Neys2006DualPI,
  title={Dual Processing in Reasoning},
  author={Wim De Neys},
  journal={Psychological Science},
  year={2006},
  volume={17},
  pages={428 - 433}
}
  • W. Neys
  • Published 1 May 2006
  • Psychology
  • Psychological Science
Human reasoning has been characterized as an interplay between an automatic belief-based system and a demanding logic-based reasoning system. The present study tested a fundamental claim about the nature of individual differences in reasoning and the processing demands of both systems. Participants varying in working memory capacity performed a reasoning task while their executive resources were burdened with a secondary task. Results were consistent with the dual-process claim: The executive… 
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