Reasoning from transitive premises: An EEG study |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, UMR 5304, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) & Université de Lyon, 67 Boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron cedex, France;2. GénoPsy, Reference center for rare diseases with psychiatric symptoms, Centre Hospitalier le Vinatier, 69678 Bron cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Neuroimaging studies have contributed to a major advance in understanding the neural and cognitive mechanisms underpinning deductive reasoning. However, the dynamics of cognitive events associated with inference making have been largely neglected. Using electroencephalography, the present study aims at describing the rapid sequence of processes involved in performing transitive inference (A B; B C therefore “A C”; with AB meaning “A is to the left of B”). The results indicate that when the second premise can be integrated into the first one (e.g. A B; B C) its processing elicits a P3b component. In contrast, when the second premise cannot be integrated into the first premise (e.g. A B; D C), a P600-like components is elicited. These ERP components are discussed with respect to cognitive expectations. |
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Keywords: | Transitive reasoning Inference Expectation P300 P3b P600 N2 |
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