Abstract

Modeling causal conditional reasoning data using SDT: caveats and new insights

Highlights

  • In deductive reasoning, people are asked to infer the truth of an argument’s conclusion given a set of premises

  • Formal modeling of deductive reasoning has often been successful by taking the traditional, normative approach

  • A case in point is the application of signal detection theory (SDT; Macmillan and Creelman, 2005) to the investigation of belief bias in syllogistic reasoning (Dube et al, 2010)

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Introduction

People are asked to infer the truth of an argument’s conclusion given a set of premises. A case in point is the application of signal detection theory (SDT; Macmillan and Creelman, 2005) to the investigation of belief bias in syllogistic reasoning (Dube et al, 2010).

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