Implicit deductive responding in humans

Cognitive competences are traditionally considered to be dependent on consciously accessible, language-based mind processes. The understanding of human cognition has been advanced mainly by requiring subjects to report on experienced events and processes verbally. There is, however, recent evidence that humans are also capable of complex perceptual and mnemonic feats without necessarily being aware of it [1]. The implicit/explicit dichotomy may also apply to cogitation, but up to now