Thinking, Reasoning & Problem Solving

Insight: The Origins of New Ideas brings together leading international researchers to discuss recent developments in problem solving. The book is essential reading for students and researchers of insight, as well as those with a broader interest in learning, creativity and intelligence...

There has been an upsurge of research aimed at removing the mystery surrounding insight and creative thinking processes in problem solving. Chapters in this volume converge on a nuanced ‘dual-process’ view of insight and creative thinking. It was originally published as a special issue of Thinking a..

There has been an upsurge of research aimed at removing the mystery surrounding insight and creative thinking processes in problem solving. Chapters in this volume converge on a nuanced ‘dual-process’ view of insight and creative thinking. It was originally published as a special issue of Thinking a..

Taking a wide-ranging look at the evidence and arguments put forward in support of domain specific cognition, this book argues that domain general processes are important, and that domain specific processes cannot function without them...

The Routledge International Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning is an authoritative reference work providing a well-balanced overview of current scholarship spanning the full breadth of the rapidly developing and expanding field of thinking and reasoning. The Handbook contains 35 chapters written by ..

This special issue presents ongoing research inspired by both Kahneman and Tversky. It covers many of the central themes – the heuristics and biases of judgment and prediction, framing effects, assessments and predictions of utility – that made their work so innovative...

This book fulfils the need for a clear overview of this area of cognitive psychology which encompasses both language and thought...

The development of mathematical competence -- both by humans as a species over millennia and by individuals over their lifetimes -- is a fascinating aspect of human cognition. This book explores a vast range of psychological questions related to mathematical cognition, and provides fascinating insig..

In this volume, originally published in 1970, an attempt is made to examine the more logical aspects of thinking, such as the ability to abstract and the manner in which concepts develop...

Moral Inferences draws on the expertise of world-leading researchers to provide a ground-breaking exploration of reasoning and morality. Historically, these two areas of research have largely been conducted in isolation, which has resulted in a lack of integration between the latest morality researc..

Emphasising degrees of belief, utility, and dual processing, the new paradigm in psychology of reasoning aims to integrate the study of reasoning with the field of judgement and decision making. This collection showcases recent developments in the field, with chapters on topics such as the differenc..

A major characteristic of any natural language is that the same communication, idea, or intention can be articulated in different ways—in other words, the same message can be "framed" differently. In this book, contributors from a variety of disciplines come together to better understand the mechani..