articles universitaires
Probabilities and utilities of fictional outcomes in Wason's four-card selection task
Probabilities and utilities of fictional outcomes in Wason's four-card selection task K. N. Kirby Cognition. 1994 Jan ; 51(1) : 1-28. Abstract : Four experiments are presented that show that selections in Wason's (1966) four-card selection task can be...
Information gain explains relevance which explains the selection task
Information gain explains relevance which explains the selection task Mike Oaksford and Nick Chater Cognition, Volume 57, Issue 1, October 1995, Pages 97-108 Abstract : Sperber, Cara and Girotto (1995) argue that relevance theory (Sperber & Wilson, 1986)...
A Rational Analysis of the Selection Task as Optimal Data Selection
A Rational Analysis of the Selection Task as Optimal Data Selection Mike Oaksford and Nick Chater Abstract : Human reasoning in hypothesis-testing tasks like Wason's (1966, 1968) selection task has been depicted as prone to systematic biases. However,...
Permission Schemas and the Selection Task
Permission Schemas and the Selection Task Richard A. Griggs & James R. Cox The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology - Section A Human Experimental Psychology - Volume 46, 1993 - Issue 4: The Cognitive Psychology of Reasoning Abstract : Cheng and...
Revelance theory explains the selection task
Revelance theory explains the selection task Dan Sperber, Francesco Cara & Vittorio Girotto Cognition 57 (1995) 31-95. Abstract : We propose a general and predictive explanation of the Wason Selection Task (where subjects are asked to select evidence...
How the possibility of error affects falsification on a task that models scientific problem solving
How the possibility of error affects falsification on a task that models scientific problem solving Michael E. Gorman British Journal of Psychology, Volume 77 Issue 1 (February 1986) Abstract : This paper reports an experiment in which groups of four...
The elusive thematic-materials effect in Wason's selection task
The elusive thematic-materials effect in Wason's selection task Griggs, Richard A. & Cox, James R. (1982). British Journal of Psychology, 73(3), 407–420. Abstract : Conducted 3 experiments to examine the possible facilitating effect of thematic materials...
Logical knowledge and cue redundancy in deductive reasoning
Logical knowledge and cue redundancy in deductive reasoning Stephen J. Hoch & Judith E. Tschirgi Memory & Cognition volume 13, pages453–462(1985) Abstract : This study clarified the basis of Hoch and Tschirgi's (1983) finding of good performance on abstract...
Another look at eliminative and enumerative behaviour in a conceptual task
Another look at eliminative and enumerative behaviour in a conceptual task Oaksford, M., & Chater, N. (1994). Another look at eliminative and enumerative behavior in a conceptual task. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 6(2), 149–169. Discusses...
Creating a psychology of reasoning (chapter 1)
Creating a psychology of reasoning (chapter 1) J. St. B. T. Evans & S. E. Newstead This book presents a series of essays on the contemporary psychology of reasoning, provided by a representative group of the leading researchers in the area. It is also...