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It has been argued that like in the case of the Matching Bias , using more realistic content in Syllogisms can facilitate more normative performance, and the use of more abstract, artificial content has a biasing effect on performance.


REFERENCES

  • Cohen, L.J. (1981). Can human irrationality be experimentally demonstrated? ''The Behavioral and Brain Sciences'', 4, 317-370.


  • Evans, J. St. B. T., Barston, J.L., & Pollard, P. (1983). On the conflict between logic and belief in syllogistic reasoning. ''Memory and Cognition'', 11, 295-306.