Tracking memory processes during ambiguous symptom processing in sequential diagnostic reasoning

In sequential diagnostic reasoning multiple pieces of information have to be combined to find a best explanation for observed symptoms (e.g., Johnson & Krems, 2001). Tracking memory processes involved in reasoning proves difficult because they proceed without accompanying actions towards the environment. However, this is important in order to build and test cognitive models (SchulteMecklenbeck, Kuhberger, & Ranyard, 2011). Memory indexing is a...