14 Facts About Martin Braine

Martin Dimond Stewart Braine was a cognitive psychologist known for his research on the development of language and reasoning.

Martin Braine was Professor of Psychology at New York University at the time of his death.

Martin Braine theorized that people naturally make deductive inferences based on their knowledge of natural language terms like if, all, any, and not.

In contrast to Philip Johnson-Laird and others who suggested that people rely on mental models as opposed to logic when reasoning, Martin Braine took the position that people rely on both mental logic and mental models, with the former closely tied to processes of linguistic comprehension.

Martin Braine edited the volumes Categories and Processes in Language Acquisition by Yonata Levy and Izchak Schlesinger, and Mental Logic with David O'Brien.

Martin Braine was the son of Edith Braine, a teacher, and Charles Dimond Conway Braine, a civil engineer.

Martin Braine continued his education at New York University where he received his Ph.

Martin Braine worked at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and later at Walker Reed Army Medical Center as a researcher before joining the faculty of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Martin Braine moved to New York University in 1971 where he remained for the duration of his career.

Lila Martin Braine was a professor of psychology at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Martin Braine died of cancer in New York City on April 6,1996.

Martin Braine conducted research on child language development and engaged in the empiricism-nativism debate.

Martin Braine offered a compromise position that language acquisition was a process of mapping utterances onto a syntax of thought, supported by semantic primitives and a mental logic.

Martin Braine's research emphasized how linguistic patterns are discovered and strengthened through use and repetition.