@misc{10481/58374,
year = {2018},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/58374},
abstract = {The visual impedance hypothesis states that at the time of reasoning, the reading context provokes
visual images, which may add irrelevant details to an inference and thus could hamper reasoning.
This study aims to create a new visual version of a reasoning task, similar to the traditional propositional
task of relational syllogisms, but based on visuospatial components. Using such a task, it
would be possible to investigate the deductive ability of relational inferences in tests without the
need for reading. Two reasoning tasks were used and measures of working memory, visuospatial
memory, intelligence, and reading comprehension were taken. The participants were 61 university
students without reading difficulties. Results show that both versions of the reasoning task work
similarly in finding the main reasoning effects expected. Findings support the visual impedance effect,
that is, fewer correct responses in problems with imaginable contents than with neutral ones.
They indicate that this new visual task could be used to explore reasoning skills without reading
being involved, and this would be useful for testing reasoning in people both with and without
reading difficulties.},
organization = {The research reported in this work is partially funded by the Junta
de Andalucía research group HUM 820 “LEE. Lectura y Escritura
en Español,” FEDER Fundings, and the MINECO Project PSI2015-
63505-P.},
publisher = {Vizja Press & amp},
keywords = {Visual impedance},
keywords = {Transitive reasoning},
keywords = {Visual deductive task},
keywords = {Reading difficulties},
title = {Reasoning and Reading in Adults. A New Reasoning Task for Detecting the Visual Impendance Effect},
doi = {10.5709/acp-0246-4},
author = {Panagiotidou, Elpida and Serrano Chica, Francisca and Moreno Ríos, Sergio},
}