A 2003 study showed that middle-aged people who regularly engaged in logic and memory games performed better on short-term memory, mathematical reasoning and vocabulary tests than middle-aged people who didn't.

At three different points they completed tests assessing verbal and mathematical reasoning, verbal fluency and short-term memory.

When students know how to use mathematical reasoning, they are less anxious about solving problems.

Some derivation rules and formal languages are intended to capture mathematical reasoning; the most common examples use first-order logic.

Class discussions can lead students to appreciate the basic principles of mathematical reasoning, such as the importance of definitions.