Does Aristotelian logic describe human reasoning? Valid syllogisms and canonical models

In the case of quantified propositions, the mental models theory distinguishes between
canonical and noncanonical models. While people identify the canonical models in an
immediate, rapid, and easy way, the noncanonical models cannot be detected without
reflection and cognitive effort. In this paper, I try to show that all of the valid syllogisms in
Aristotelian logic can be considered to be correct by resorting only to the canonical models
of their sentences. In this way, I argue that this means that Aristotelian logic can be a useful
criterion to explain, describe, and even predict people’s conclusions from quantified
assertions.