TY - GEN
T1 - Interpreting logic diagrams
T2 - 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science, CogSci 2011
AU - Sato, Yuri
AU - Mineshima, Koji
AU - Takemura, Ryo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In the context of the cognitive study of diagrammatic representations for deductive reasoning, the availability of syntactic manipulation of diagrams has played a key role in accounting for their efficacy. Currently, however, little has been known about the interface between such syntactic or proof-theoretical aspects and the corresponding semantic or informational aspects of diagram use. The present paper investigates the cognitive processes of interpreting diagrammatic representations underlying deductive reasoning, combining the insights from both logical and cognitive studies of diagrams. A semantical analysis of two different ways of formalizing logic diagrams is provided. Based on it, a multiple stage model of cognitive processes of extracting information from logic diagrams is proposed, and evidence was found to support this model. A consequence for the way the abstract syntax and semantic of diagrammatic representations are constrained is also explored.
AB - In the context of the cognitive study of diagrammatic representations for deductive reasoning, the availability of syntactic manipulation of diagrams has played a key role in accounting for their efficacy. Currently, however, little has been known about the interface between such syntactic or proof-theoretical aspects and the corresponding semantic or informational aspects of diagram use. The present paper investigates the cognitive processes of interpreting diagrammatic representations underlying deductive reasoning, combining the insights from both logical and cognitive studies of diagrams. A semantical analysis of two different ways of formalizing logic diagrams is provided. Based on it, a multiple stage model of cognitive processes of extracting information from logic diagrams is proposed, and evidence was found to support this model. A consequence for the way the abstract syntax and semantic of diagrammatic representations are constrained is also explored.
KW - Deductive reasoning
KW - Diagrammatic reasoning
KW - External representation
KW - Logic diagram
KW - Semantic interpretation of sentences and diagrams
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85020600374
T3 - Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011
SP - 2182
EP - 2187
BT - Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011
A2 - Carlson, Laura
A2 - Hoelscher, Christoph
A2 - Shipley, Thomas F.
PB - The Cognitive Science Society
Y2 - 20 July 2011 through 23 July 2011
ER -