The evaluation of the consistency of quantified assertions.

Consistency is a hallmark of rationality, and this article reports three experiments examining how reasoners determine the consistency of quantified assertions about the properties of individuals-for example, All of the actors are waiters. The mental model theory postulates that reasoners determine...

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Published in:	Memory & Cognition Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 53 - 67
Main Authors:	Ragni, Marco, Khemlani, Sangeet, Johnson-Laird, P.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jan2014
Subjects:	Analysis of variance Decision making Logic Chi-squared test Research funding Statistics Data analysis Data analysis software Descriptive statistics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost