A systematic comparison of syllogistic reasoning in humans and language models

T Eisape, MH Tessler, I Dasgupta, F Sha… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
A central component of rational behavior is logical inference: the process of determining
which conclusions follow from a set of premises. Psychologists have documented several …

Logic, probability, and pragmatics in syllogistic reasoning

MH Tessler, JB Tenenbaum… - Topics in Cognitive …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Syllogistic reasoning lies at the intriguing intersection of natural and formal reasoning of
language and logic. Syllogisms comprise a formal system of reasoning yet make use of …

Predictive modeling of individual human cognition: Upper bounds and a new perspective on performance

N Riesterer, D Brand, M Ragni - Topics in cognitive science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Model evaluation is commonly performed by relying on aggregated data as well as
relative metrics for model comparison and selection. In light of recent criticism about the …

[PDF][PDF] Do Models Capture Individuals? Evaluating Parameterized Models for Syllogistic Reasoning.

N Riesterer, D Brand, M Ragni - CogSci, 2020 - cognitivesciencesociety.org
The prevailing focus on aggregated data and the lacking groupto-individual generalizability
it entails have recently been identified as a major cause for the low performance of cognitive …

Modeling human syllogistic reasoning: The role of “No Valid Conclusion”

N Riesterer, D Brand, H Dames… - Topics in Cognitive …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Syllogistic reasoning, that is the drawing of inferences for categorical‐quantified assertions,
is one of the oldest branches of deductive reasoning research with a history exceeding 100 …

The stability of syllogistic reasoning performance over time

H Dames, KC Klauer, M Ragni - Thinking & Reasoning, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
How individuals reason deductively has concerned researchers for many years. Yet, it is still
unclear whether, and if so how, participants' reasoning performance changes over time. In …

Model‐Based Explanation of Feedback Effects in Syllogistic Reasoning

D Brand, N Riesterer, M Ragni - Topics in Cognitive Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For decades, a significant number of models explaining human syllogistic inference
processes were developed. There is profound work fitting the models' parameters and …

[PDF][PDF] The Role of Feedback and Post-Error Adaptations in Reasoning.

H Dames, C Schiebel, M Ragni - CogSci, 2020 - researchgate.net
Monitoring our errors enables humans to adapt behavior when actions fail to result in
desired outcomes. Post-error adaptations have been studied extensively using simple …

A Systematic Analysis of Large Language Models as Soft Reasoners: The Case of Syllogistic Inferences

L Bertolazzi, A Gatt, R Bernardi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.11341, 2024 - arxiv.org
The reasoning abilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) are becoming a central focus of
study in NLP. In this paper, we consider the case of syllogistic reasoning, an area of …

[PDF][PDF] Extending TransSet: an individualized model for human syllogistic reasoning

D Brand, N Riesterer, M Ragni - Proceedings of the 18th …, 2020 - nicolasriesterer.net
Recently, the TransSet model for human syllogistic reasoning was introduced and shown to
outperform the previous state of the art in terms of predictive performance. In this article, we …