New approaches in reasoning research / edited by Wim De Neys and Magda Osman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Neys, Wim, editor.

Osman, Magda, editor.

Series:

Current issues in thinking & reasoning

Current issues in thinking and reasoning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reasoning (Psychology).

Decision making.

Cognitive psychology.

Physical Description:

viii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

East Sussex : Psychology Press, 2014.

Summary:

"Reasoning research has long been associated with paper and pencil tasks in which peoples' reasoning skills are judged against established normative conventions. However, there has been a recent revolution in the range of techniques, empirical methods and paradigms used to examine reasoning behaviour. New Approaches in Reasoning Research brings to the fore these new pioneering research methods and empirical findings. Each chapter is written by a world-leading expert in the field and covers a variety of broad empirical techniques and new approaches to reasoning research. Maintaining a high level of integrity and rigor throughout, Editors De Neys and Osman have allowed the experts included here the space to think big about the general issues concerning their work, to point out potential implications and speculate on further developments. Such freedom can only help to stimulate discussion and spark creative thinking.The use of these new methods and paradigms are already generating a new understanding of how we reason, as such this book should appeal to researchers and students of Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, and Neuroscience along with Cognitive Scientists, and anyone interested in the latest developments in reasoning, rationality, bias, and thinking"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 New approaches in reasoning research: an introduction / Wim De Neys Neys, Wim De 1

2 Genes of rationality: building blocks for the neurobiology of reasoning / Melanie Stollstorff Stollstorff, Melanie 5

3 The rationality of mortals: thoughts of death disrupt analytic processing / Bastien Trémolière Trémolière, Bastien, Jean-François Bonnefon Bonnefon, Jean-François 20

4 Negative priming in logicomathematical reasoning: the cost of blocking your intuition / Grégoire Borst Borst, Grégoire, Sylvain Moutier Moutier, Sylvain, Olivier Houdé Houdé, Olivier 34

5 Eye-tracking and reasoning: what your eyes tell about your inferences / Linden J. Ball Ball, Linden J. 51

6 Self-perception and reasoning: how perceiving yourself as rational makes you less biased / Maria Augustinova Augustinova, Maria 70

7 Probabilistic reasoning: rational expectations in young children and infants / Vittorio Girotto Girotto, Vittorio 87

8 Reasoning research: where was it going? Where is it now? Where will it be going? / Magda Osman Osman, Magda 104.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848721555

1848721552

9781848721562

1848721560

OCLC:

852218831