The relational integration task explains fluid reasoning above and beyond other working memory tasks

doi:10.3758/s13421-013-0366-x

The relational integration task explains fluid ...

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title:	The relational integration task explains fluid reasoning above and beyond other working memory tasks
author:	Chuderski Adam
Journal title:	Memory & Cognition
volume:	42
issue:	3
date of publication:	2014
pages:	448-463
ISSN:	0090-502X
eISSN:	1532-5946
DOI:	10.3758/s13421-013-0366-x
URL:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2Fs13421-013-0366-x#page-16
date accessed:	2015-08-31
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 462-463. Streszcz. ang.
language:	English
Journal language:	English
abstract in english:	This study aimed to evaluate how well fluid reasoning can be predicted by a task that involves the monitoring of patterns of stimuli. This task is believed to measure the effectiveness of relational integration-the process that binds mental representations into more complex relational structures. In Experiments 1 and 2, the task was indeed validated as a proper measure of relational integration, since participants' performance depended on the number of bindings that had to be constructed in the diverse conditions of the task, whereas neither the number of objects to be bound nor the amount of elicited interference could affect this performance. In Experiment 3, by means of structural equation modeling and variance partitioning, the relation integration task was found to be the strongest predictor of fluid reasoning, explaining variance above and beyond the amounts accounted for by four other kinds of well-established working memory tasks.
keywords in english:	relational integration, working memory, fluid reasoning
affiliation:	Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Filozofii
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper