Logic in the study of psychiatric disorders: executive function and rule-following |
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| Authors: | Keith Stenning Michiel van Lambalgen |
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| Institution: | (1) Human Communication Research Centre, Edinburgh University, 2, Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LW, Scotland, UK;(2) Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 15, 1012 CP Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Executive function has become an important concept in explanations of psychiatric disorders, but we currently lack comprehensive
models of normal executive function and of its malfunctions. Here we illustrate how defeasible logical analysis can aid progress
in this area. We illustrate using autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as example disorders, and show
how logical analysis reveals commonalities between linguistic and non-linguistic behaviours within each disorder, and how contrasting sub-components of executive function are involved across disorders. This analysis reveals how logical analysis is as applicable to fast, automatic and unconscious reasoning as it
is to slow deliberate cogitation.
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| Keywords: | Non-monotonic logic Executive function Autism ADHD |
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