Performance in reasoning tasks such as Raven's matrices experiences a dramatic increase
over cognitive development, but the mechanisms responsible for this increase are unknown …

Strategic behavior plays a key role in fluid intelligence tasks like Raven's matrices. Some
participants solve items using the strategy of mentally constructing the answer (constructive …

The study of individual differences in the use of deductive reasoning strategies has been a
minority interest for many years. However, the steady accumulation of findings means that …

This is a relatively easy question, and most people can recall its answer, having memorised
it as a result of past experience. However, if the answer is not known, there are many …

We examined the relationship between cognitive capacity and heuristic responding on four
types of reasoning and decision-making tasks. A total of 84 children, between 5 years 2 …

The acuity of reasoning on Raven's Progressive Matrices is strongly influenced by strategic
determinants. Building on metamemory studies that highlight the influence of study-time …

Previous studies have found that participants use two cognitive strategies—constructive
matching and response elimination—in responding to items in the Raven's Advanced …

How do people make inferences? How do their reasoning processes differ and why?
Methods of Thought attempts to answer these questions by looking in detail at the different …

The relationship between strategy use and cognitive training gains on reasoning ability is
examined in a sample of 393 older participants in the Seattle Longitudinal Training Study …

There is little consensus about the underlying parameters of human reasoning. Two major
theories have been proposed that suppose very different mechanisms. The mental model …