Does mathematics training lead to better logical thinking and reasoning? A cross-sectional assessment from students to professors.

ABSTRACT: Mathematics is often promoted as endowing those who study it with transferable skills such as an ability to think logically and critically or to have improved investigative skills, resourcefulness and creativity in problem solving. However, there is scant evidence to back up such claims. This project tested participants with increasing levels of mathematics training on 11 well-studied rational and logical reasoning tasks aggregated from various psychological studies. These tasks, that included the Cognitive Reflection Test and the Wason Selection Task, are of particular interest as they have typically and reliably eluded participants in all studies, and results have been uncorrelated with general intelligence, education levels and other demographic information. The results in this study re

SUBMITTER: Cresswell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7390332 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature