title: Does logic feel good? Testing for intuitive detection of logicality in syllogistic reasoning.
abstract: Recent research on syllogistic reasoning suggests that the logical status (valid vs. invalid) of even difficult syllogisms can be intuitively detected via small changes in affective state (Morsanyi & Handley, 2012). In a series of 6 experiments, we replicated effects of logical status on liking ratings of difficult syllogisms (although their shape differs from that reported by Morsanyi and Handley), and we tested 2 alternative accounts of our and Morsanyi and Handley's findings in terms of surface features accidentally confounded with logical status: the partial-repetition hypothesis and the content-effects hypothesis. The results support the content-effects hypothesis, according to which the effects of logical status reflect differences in mean liking for the presented conclusions rather than effects of logical status itself.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Psychologie, Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitätFreiburg, Germany. christoph.klauer@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Karl Christoph
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Klauer
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019545:Intuition / Q000502:physiology*; D008128:Logic; D008297:Male; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult