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@article{citeulike:1142120, abstract = {The spatiotemporal analysis of brain activation during the execution of conditional reasoning tasks (the four inference forms: Modus Ponens (MP), Modus Tollens (MT), affirming the consequent (AC), and denying the antecedent (DA)) and one baseline task (BS) was performed in 12 normal young adult participants using high-density event-related brain potentials (ERPs). Results showed that the early components elicited by the five task types were not significantly different. Reasoning tasks elicited a more negative EPR deflection (N600) than did the BS task in the time window of 500-700ms after onset of the minor premise. Dipole source analysis of the difference wave (MP-BS) suggested that a generator localized in the left anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24) was involved in the activation and the application of the inference rules. ERP components of the five tasks were similar in the subsequent time period between 700 and 1700ms. Following that period, a greater negativity in the reasoning tasks, in comparison to the BS task, developed between 1700 and 2000ms poststimulus over the left fronto-central scalp regions. A generator of this effect was located in the right anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24) and was possibly related to cognitive control. The results indicate that the cingulate cortex was activated by conditional reasoning tasks with purely abstract materials and support the view that human reasoning is not a unified phenomenon but is content-sensitive.}, address = {Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China.}, author = {Qiu, J. and Li, H. and Huang, X. and Zhang, F. and Chen, A. and Luo, Y. and Zhang, Q. and Yuan, H.}, citeulike-article-id = {1142120}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.11.014}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17194466}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17194466}, doi = {10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.11.014}, issn = {0028-3932}, journal = {Neuropsychologia}, keywords = {jc-neuropsychologia, reasoning}, number = {7}, pages = {1533--1539}, posted-at = {2007-03-05 19:00:41}, priority = {2}, title = {The neural basis of conditional reasoning: An event-related potential study.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.11.014}, volume = {45}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1142120 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1142120 N2 - The spatiotemporal analysis of brain activation during the execution of conditional reasoning tasks (the four inference forms: Modus Ponens (MP), Modus Tollens (MT), affirming the consequent (AC), and denying the antecedent (DA)) and one baseline task (BS) was performed in 12 normal young adult participants using high-density event-related brain potentials (ERPs). Results showed that the early components elicited by the five task types were not significantly different. Reasoning tasks elicited a more negative EPR deflection (N600) than did the BS task in the time window of 500-700ms after onset of the minor premise. Dipole source analysis of the difference wave (MP-BS) suggested that a generator localized in the left anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24) was involved in the activation and the application of the inference rules. ERP components of the five tasks were similar in the subsequent time period between 700 and 1700ms. Following that period, a greater negativity in the reasoning tasks, in comparison to the BS task, developed between 1700 and 2000ms poststimulus over the left fronto-central scalp regions. A generator of this effect was located in the right anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24) and was possibly related to cognitive control. The results indicate that the cingulate cortex was activated by conditional reasoning tasks with purely abstract materials and support the view that human reasoning is not a unified phenomenon but is content-sensitive. IS - 7 JF - Neuropsychologia SN - 0028-3932 AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China. EP - 1539 TI - The neural basis of conditional reasoning: An event-related potential study. VL - 45 SP - 1533 KW - jc-neuropsychologia KW - reasoning AU - Qiu, J AU - Li, H AU - Huang, X AU - Zhang, F AU - Chen, A AU - Luo, Y AU - Zhang, Q AU - Yuan, H PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.11.014 ER -