Despite common introspective reports of visualizing during some kinds of deductive reasoning, and empirical evidence that visualization aids other kinds of thinking (e.g., mental simulation), cognitive scientists still disagree about whether or not visual imagery is functionally related to deductive reasoning or simply a phenomenon that commonly accompanies specialized reasoning processes.
The purpose of the current research project is to investigate the role of visual imagery in deductive reasoning, and whether individual differences in working memory capacity provide constraints on this relationship.
The results of this study will contribute to understanding how humans reason deductively, and how visual imagery and working memory are involved in this process.
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