Individual differences in working memory and conditional reasoning with concrete and abstract content
Thinking and Reasoning 8 (2):97 – 107 (2002)
| Abstract | This study examined the hypothesis that conditional reasoning involves visual short-term memory resources (Johnson-Laird, 1985). A total of 147 university students were given measures of verbal and visual short-term memory capacity and a series of concrete and abstract conditional reasoning problems. Results indicate that there is a positive correlation between verbal working memory capacity and reasoning with both concrete and abstract premises. A positive correlation was also obtained between visual working memory capacity and reasoning with concrete premises. | |||||||||
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