Ira A. Noveck

TL;DR: It is shown that the nature of the logical argument, whether it is relational or conditional, determines which neural system is engaged, which suggests that conditional reasoning relies more on so-called syntactic processes than relational reasoning, while relational reasoning may rely on visuo-spatial processes and mental imagery more than conditional reasoning.

TL;DR: This article investigated the extent to which a representation of relative force can account for an understanding of epistemic modals when their logical meaning is considered (i.e., when modals are interpretable as expressions of necessary and possible conclusions).

TL;DR: The extent to which systems and practices that support number word acquisition can be applied to quantifier acquisition is considered and it is concluded that the two domains are largely distinct in this respect.

TL;DR: It is proposed that mindreading processes are at least partly responsible for the mixed results, as 3 experiments that include stories having a target utterance with either an Ironic or Literal reading are presented, leading to effects that are arguably revealing of Theory of Mind processes.

TL;DR: The authors showed that participants are significantly more likely to selectively trust the speaker who implicated p than the Speaker who asserted or presupposed p. All else being equal, participants are also significantly less likely to trust the speakers who asserted p than those who presupposed it.