Abstract. The power PC theory of causal induction () proposes that causal estimates are based on the power p of a potential cause, where p is the contingency between the cause and effect normalized by the base rate of the effect. Previous tests ...

Abstract. When reasoning with conditional statements (i.e., if [not] p then [not] q), for example when solving Wason’s selection task, subjects tend to display matching bias: Options which match the entities named in the rule tend to be selected ...

Abstract. Problem solving research has found that a nonspecific goal (NSG) leads to better learning than a specific goal (SG). This effect can be understood in terms of dual-space search theories of problem solving. To apply the theory, we studied goal ...

Abstract. In two pilot experiments, a new approach for the direct assessment of cognitive load during multimedia learning was tested that uses dual-task methodology. Using this approach, we obtained the same pattern of cognitive load as predicted by ...

Abstract. Processing colored pictures of objects results in a preference to choose the former color for a specific object in a subsequent color choice test (). We tested whether this implicit memory effect is independent of ...

Abstract. Children (5-6 year olds, 7-8 year olds, 9-10 year olds) and adults from Germany and the United States were shown a brief video of a theft. One week later, participants were asked to give a free narrative of an observed event (free recall), ...

Abstract. Planning interactions with the physical world requires knowledge about operations; in short, mental operators. Abstractness of content and directionality of access are two important properties to characterize the representational units of this ...

Evidence regarding the influence of response mode on sequence learning in serial reaction time (SRT) tasks has been mixed so far. In the present study, sequence learning was investigated under two different response conditions: manual (button presses) ...