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Logical reasoning with diagrams
Aligning Logical and Psychological Perspectives on Diagrammatic Reasoning
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Mental imagery in problem solving: an eye tracking study
Proceedings of the 2004 symposium on Eye tracking research & applications
Diagrammatic Formal Specification of a Configuration Control Platform
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
An attention based theory to explore affordances of textual and diagrammatic proofs
Diagrams'10 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Diagrammatic representation and inference
An attention based theory to explore the cognitive affordances of diagrams relative to text
Diagrams'10 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Diagrammatic representation and inference
An eye-tracking study of integrative spatial cognition over diagrammatic representations
SC'10 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Spatial cognition
Visualizing ontologies: a case study
ISWC'11 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on The semantic web - Volume Part I
Visualizing and specifying ontologies using diagrammatic logics
AOW '09 Proceedings of the Fifth Australasian Ontology Workshop - Volume 112
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The semantic studies of diagrammatic notations [1,2,3] have revealed that so-called "perceptual," "non-deductive," or "emergent" effects of diagrams [4,5,6,7] are all rooted in a common inferential process, namely, the exploitation of spatial constraints on graphical structures. Thus, theoretically, this process is a key factor in inference with diagrams, explaining the oft-observed unburdening of the inferential load. In the present study, we inspect the empirical basis of this theoretical suggestion. Eye-movements were recorded while the participants were engaged in three-term transitive inference problems. They were provided with simple positions diagrams, on which we can define positions that should be fixated if the hypothesized inferential process occurs. Our analysis has revealed that the participants could exploit spatial constraints on graphical structures even when (1) they were not in the position of actually manipulating diagrams, and (2) the semantic rule of the provided diagrams did not match their preference. These findings indicate that the hypothesized practice is in fact robust, with a potential to broadly account for the inferential advantage of diagrams.