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Causal conditional reasoning and semantic memory retrieval: a test of the semantic memory framework.
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This study tested and refined a framework that proposes a mechanism for retrieving alternative causes and disabling conditions (Cummins, 1995) during reasoning. Experiment 1 examined the relation between different factors affecting retrieval. The test ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Sep
in Journal: Mem Cognit
(Language : eng)
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2002 Sep;30(6):908-20
Causal conditional reasoning and semantic memory retrieval: a test of the semantic memory framework.
De Neys W, Schaeken W, d'Ydewalle G
Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. wim.deneys@psy.kuleuven.ac.be
This study tested and refined a framework that proposes a mechanism for retrieving alternative causes and disabling conditions (Cummins, 1995) during reasoning. Experiment 1 examined the relation between different factors affecting retrieval. The test revealed high correlations between the number of possible alternative causes or disabling conditions and their strength of association and plausibility. Experiment 2 explored the hypothesis that due to a more extended search process, conditional inferences would last longer when many alternative causes or disabling conditions were available. Affirmation of the consequent (AC) and modus ponens (MP) latencies showed the hypothesized pattern. Denial of the antecedent (DA) and modus tollens (MT) inferences did not show latency effects. The experiment also identified an effect of the number of disabling conditions on AC and DA acceptance. Experiment 3 measured efficiency of disabler retrieval by a limited time, disabler generation task. As predicted, better disabler retrieval was related to lower acceptance of the MP and MT inferences.
PMID : 12450094 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Wim | De Neys | W |
| Walter | Schaeken | W |
| Géry | d'Ydewalle | G |
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. wim.deneys@psy.kuleuven.ac.be
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