Visual Imagery in Deductive Reasoning: Results from experiments with sighted, blindfolded, and congenitally totally blind persons
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We report three experiments on visual mental imagery in deductive reasoning. Reasoning performance of sighted participants was impeded if the materials were easy to envisage as visual mental images. Congenitally totally blind participants did not show this visual-impedance effect. Blindfolded participants with normal vision showed the same pattern of performance as the sighted. We conclude that irrelevant visual detail can be a nuisance in reasoning and impedes the process.
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