Table of Contents

1. Thinking and Reasoning: A Reader's Guide
Keith J. Holyoak and Robert G. Morrison

Part I: General Approaches to Thinking and Reasoning

2. Normative Systems: Logic, Probability, and Rational Choice
Nick Chater and Mike Oaksford

3. Bayesian Inference
Tom Griffiths, Josh Tenenbaum, and Charles Kemp

4. Knowledge Representation
Arthur B. Markman

5. Computational Modeling of Higher Cognition
Leonidas A. A. Doumas and John E. Hummel

6. Neural Substrate of Thinking
Robert G. Morrison and Barbara Knowlton

7. Mental Function as Genetic Expression: Emerging Insights from Cognitive Neurogenetics
Adam E. Green and Kevin N. Dunbar

Part II: Deductive, Inductive and Abductive Reasoning

8. Dual-process Theories of Reasoning: Facts and fallacies
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans

9. Inference in Mental Models
P. N. Johnson-Laird

10. Similarity
Robert L. Goldstone, Ji Yun Son

11. Concepts and Categories: Memory, Meaning, and Metaphysics
Lance J. Rips, Edward E. Smith, and Douglas L. Medin

12. Causal Learning and Inference
Marc Buehner and Patricia W. Cheng

13. Analogy and Relational Reasoning
Keith J. Holyoak

14. Explanation and Abductive Inference
Tania Lombrozo

15. Rational Argument
Ulrike Hahn, Mike Oaksford

Part III. Judgment and Decision Making

16. Decision Making
Robyn A. LeBoeuf, Eldar Shafir

17. Judgment Heuristics
Dale Griffin

18. Cognitive Hierarchies and Emotions in Behavioral Game Theory
Colin Camerer and Alec Smith

19. Moral Judgment
Michael Waldmann, Jonas Nagel, and Alex Wiegmann

20. Motivated Thinking
Daniel C. Molden and E. Tory Higgins

Part IV. Problem Solving, Intelligence, and Creative Thinking

21. Problem Solving
Miriam Bassok and Laura R. Novick

22. On the Distinction between Rationality and Intelligence: Implications for Understanding Individual Differences in Reasoning
Keith E. Stanovich

23. Cognition and the Creation of Ideas
Steve M. Smith and Tom B. Ward

24. Insight
J. Jason van Steenburgh, Jessica I. Fleck, Mark Beeman, and John Kounios

25. Genius
Dean Keith Simonton

Part V. Ontogeny, Phylogeny, Language and Culture

26. Development of Thinking in Children
Susan A. Gelman and Brandy N. Frazier

27. The Human Enigma
Derek Penn and Dan Povinelli

28. Language and Thought
Lila Gleitman, Anna Papafragou

29. Thinking in Society and Culture
Tage Rai

Part VI. Modes of Thinking

30. Mathematical Cognition
John Opfer and Robert Siegler

31. Visuospatial Thinking
Mary Hegarty and Andrew T. Stull

32. Gesture in Thought
Susan Goldin-Meadow and Susan Wagner Cook

33. Impact of Aging on Thinking
Shannon McGillivray, Michael C. Friedman, and Alan D. Castel

34. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia
Peter Bachman and Tyrone D. Cannon

Part VII. Thinking in Practice

35. Scientific Thinking and Reasoning
Kevin N. Dunbar and David Klahr

36. Legal Reasoning
Barbara A. Spellman and Fred Schauer

37. Thinking and Reasoning in Medicine
Vimla L. Patel, Jose F. Arocha, and Jiajie Zhang

38. Thinking in Business
Jeffrey Lowenstein

39. Musical Thought
William Forde Thompson and Paolo Ammirante

40. Learning to Think: Cognitive Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer
Ken Koedinger, Ido Roll

About the Author

Keith J. Holyoak, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Robert G. Morrison, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Loyola University Chicago.

Reviews

"This rich and complex book tackles the vagaries of the mind in a neuroscientific framework, but it is not a survey or introductory manual to be read casually. It requires an intense passion for studying this area and in-depth understanding of the concepts to truly reap its rewards." -- DOODY'S
"This is an excellent volume on the growing field of thinking and reasoning, now a part of high-level human cognition which includes creative thinking, decision making and problem solving. These have of late become increasingly important areas of inquiry and scientific research.
The better we understand ourselves and others, the happier are the lives we can lead. The editors and contributors therefore deserve to be applauded for this monumental work which contributes immensely to understanding ourselves and our thoughts." -- BizIndia
"This comprehensive treatment of human thinking should be of value to anyone who is
interested in human cognition and the many ways in which it can be conceptualized,
modeled, and studied. Holyoak and Morrison in the Oxford Handbook also provide
suggestions for organizing the chapters in the book for use as a text for advanced
undergraduates (very advanced, I'd add) and graduate students. All of these potential readers should find many issues worth thinking about in the 836 pages of this book." -- PsycCRITIQUES