Add to ORKGA capacity for transitive inference (i.e. if aRb and bRc then aRc) was thought to be uniquely human. However, evidence of transitive inference in other species suggests that this capacity is ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom. This apparent ubiquity raises two basic questions for cognitive science. (1) Why is transitive inference so prevalent? (2) What is special about transitive inference in (adult) humans? Formal (category theory) methods are used to address these questions. To the first question, different (implicit and explicit) forms of transitive inference follow from a common (universal) operation over the premises, aRb and bRc, i.e. a category theory version of transitive closure, hence the ubiquity of this capacity. To the se...
Research on discrimination-based transitive inference (TI) has demonstrated a widespread capacity fo...
This paper investigates whether an abstract linguistic construction shows the kind of prototype effe...
A hallmark of human memory is the ability to integrate discrete experiences into cognitive maps. A f...
A capacity for transitive inference (i.e. if aRb and bRc then aRc) was thought to be uniquely human....
Transitive inference has been historically touted as a hallmark of human cognition. However, the abi...
Abstract The idea that reasoning is a singular accom-plishment of the human species has an ancient p...
In order to survive and reproduce, individual animals need to navigate through a multidimensional ut...
In language, information is omitted for brevity. Comprehension requires inferences to be made, but d...
Transitive inference (TI) is a form of deductive reasoning requiring the ability to infer a serial r...
Recently, Vigo and Allen (2009) proposed a view of transitive inference as categorization that depen...
During operant transitive inference experiments, subjects are trained on adjacent stimulus pairs in ...
To investigate the role that "nonlogical" cues might play in transitive inference, 6- and 7-year-old...
Abstract A probabilistic causal chain A→B→C may intui-tively appear to be transitive: If A probabili...
A remarkable ability of the cognitive system is to make novel inferences based on prior experiences....
Researchers have long asserted that the flexibility, sensitivity to context, and inference in memory...
Research on discrimination-based transitive inference (TI) has demonstrated a widespread capacity fo...
This paper investigates whether an abstract linguistic construction shows the kind of prototype effe...
A hallmark of human memory is the ability to integrate discrete experiences into cognitive maps. A f...
A capacity for transitive inference (i.e. if aRb and bRc then aRc) was thought to be uniquely human....
Transitive inference has been historically touted as a hallmark of human cognition. However, the abi...
Abstract The idea that reasoning is a singular accom-plishment of the human species has an ancient p...
In order to survive and reproduce, individual animals need to navigate through a multidimensional ut...
In language, information is omitted for brevity. Comprehension requires inferences to be made, but d...
Transitive inference (TI) is a form of deductive reasoning requiring the ability to infer a serial r...
Recently, Vigo and Allen (2009) proposed a view of transitive inference as categorization that depen...
During operant transitive inference experiments, subjects are trained on adjacent stimulus pairs in ...
To investigate the role that "nonlogical" cues might play in transitive inference, 6- and 7-year-old...
Abstract A probabilistic causal chain A→B→C may intui-tively appear to be transitive: If A probabili...
A remarkable ability of the cognitive system is to make novel inferences based on prior experiences....
Researchers have long asserted that the flexibility, sensitivity to context, and inference in memory...
Research on discrimination-based transitive inference (TI) has demonstrated a widespread capacity fo...
This paper investigates whether an abstract linguistic construction shows the kind of prototype effe...
A hallmark of human memory is the ability to integrate discrete experiences into cognitive maps. A f...