The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

The distinction between intuitive and analytic thinking is common in psychology. However,
while often being quite clear on the characteristics of the two processes ('Type 1'processes …

Although human thinking is often biased, some individuals are less susceptible to biases
than others. These individual differences have been at the forefront of thinking research for …

In my personal chapter contribution I present the basic dual process model that I believe to
be supported by my own empirical findings and the work of many of the contributors to this …

Human reasoning has been characterized as often biased, heuristic, and illogical. In this
article, I consider recent findings establishing that, despite the widespread bias and logical …

Multinomial processing tree (MPT) models such as the single high-threshold, double high-
threshold, and low-threshold models are discrete-state decision models that map internal …

Recent studies on conflict detection during thinking suggest that reasoners are sensitive to
possible conflict between their heuristic judgement and elementary logical or probabilistic …

Although widely studied in other domains, relatively little is known about the metacognitive
processes that monitor and control behaviour during reasoning and decision-making. In this …

Human reasoning is often biased by intuitive heuristics. A central question is whether the
bias results from a failure to detect that the intuitions conflict with traditional normative …

Abstract Reasoning that is deliberative and reflective often requires the inhibition of intuitive
responses. The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) is designed to assess people's ability to …