Role of the Hippocampus During Logical Reasoning and Belief Bias in Aging.

ABSTRACT: Reasoning requires initial encoding of the semantic association between premises or assumptions, retrieval of these semantic associations from memory, and recombination of information to draw a logical conclusion. Currently-held beliefs can interfere with the content of the assumptions if not congruent and inhibited. This study aimed to investigate the role of the hippocampus and hippocampal networks during logical reasoning tasks in which the congruence between currently-held beliefs and assumptions varies. Participants of younger and older age completed a series of syllogistic reasoning tasks in which two premises and one conclusion were presented and they were required to decide if the conclusion logically followed the premises. The belief load of premises was manipulated to be either c

SUBMITTER: Ziaei M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7232576 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature