Similarities of theoretical and practical reasoning processes [Elektronische Ressource] : behavioral and brain imaging evidences / by Patrick S. Wiedenmann

Similarities of theoretical and practical reasoning processes – behavioral and brain imaging evidences. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) an der Justus-Liebig-University Giessen Faculty 06 – Psychology and Sports Science Otto-Behaghel-Strasse 10F 35394 Giessen - Germany Presented on 01/25/2009 by Dipl.-Psych., M.A. Phil. Patrick S. Wiedenmann ndborn on February the 2 , 1976 in Bamberg - Germany First reviewer and advisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Knauff (Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science) Second reviewer: Prof. Dr. Rudolf Stark (Bender Institute of Neuroimaging) ii To my parents Maria-Luise and Volker, my sister Tonia, and to my love Karoline. iii Acknowledgements First of all, I thank Prof. Dr. Markus Knauff for the support and encouragement to pursue my research interests on human reasoning. Furthermore, I thank him for his contributions to the idea of utilizing the human rights articles as well as the application of the deductive inference tasks. I also want to thank Prof. Dr. Frank Bremmer, Prof. Dr.