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  1. The effect of changed material on ability to do formal syllogistic reasoning.Minna Cheves Wilkins - 1928 - New York,: New York.
  • Cognitive processes in propositional reasoning.Lance J. Rips - 1983 - Psychological Review 90 (1):38-71.
  • Syllogistic inference.P. N. Johnson-Laird & Bruno G. Bara - 1984 - Cognition 16 (1):1-61.
    This paper reviews current psychological theories of syllogistic inference and establishes that despite their various merits they all contain deficiencies as theories of performance. It presents the results of two experiments, one using syllogisms and the other using three-term series problems, designed to elucidate how the arrangement of terms within the premises affects performance. These data are used in the construction of a theory based on the hypothesis that reasoners construct mental models of the premises, formulate informative conclusions about the (...)
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  • Logical expertise as a cause of error: A reply to Boolos.P. N. Johnson-Laird & Bruno G. Bara - 1984 - Cognition 17 (2):183-184.
  • On the relation between the natural logic of reasoning and standard logic.Martin D. Braine - 1978 - Psychological Review 85 (1):1-21.