Investigators hypothesize that the behavior of their Logic Theorist (LT) program when stimuli instruct it to prove a given theorem may be used to predict the behavior of humans when faced with the same logic problem. 

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Newell, A., Shaw, J. C., & Simon, H. A. (1958). Elements of a theory of human problem solving. Psychological Review, 65(3), 151–166. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0048495

Elements of a theory of human problem solving

Develop a general explanation of human problem solving behaviors provided by a program of processes that generate the behavior. Investigators describe/develop an information-processing program for developing logical proofs and theories and qualitatively compare its behavior to that of humans. This helps to explain how human problem solving behaviors are compounded out of elementary processes and that this combination of processes can solve problems.

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