[Mental images and mental models].
Two experiments are conducted to assess the involvement of the visouspatial sketchpad of working memeory in propositional and spatial reasoning, using a dual-task methodology. While a concurrent tracking task was found to interfere with spatial reasoning, no such interference was found with propositional reasoning. The results are discussed with respect to the mental-models theory of reasoning.
Klauer
K C
KC
Universität Heidelberg.
Oberauer
K
K
Rossnagel
C
C
Musch
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011340:Problem Solving; D012153:Retention, Psychology