Deductive‐reasoning brain networks: A coordinate‐based meta‐analysis of the neural signatures in deductive reasoning

Deductive reasoning is a complex and poorly understood concept in the field of psychology. Many cognitive neuroscience studies have been published on deductive reasoning but have yielded inconsistent findings.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Brain and Behavior

• Publication date

  2020-05-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1002/brb3.1853PMID 32990371PMCID 7749517
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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