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Thinking.

A B Markman1, D Gentner

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. markman@psy.utexas.edu

Annual Review of Psychology
|January 10, 2001
PubMed
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Human reasoning, including deduction and analogy, extends beyond immediate environmental information. This review contrasts abstract logic with knowledge-intensive cognition, highlighting learning as a byproduct of reasoning.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Human cognition extends beyond immediate environmental input through reasoning processes.
  • This review examines deductive reasoning, induction, mental simulation, and analogy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To survey recent trends in human thinking, including categorization, mental models, cognitive development, and decision-making.
  • To contrast traditional abstract logical reasoning approaches with current domain-specific, knowledge-intensive cognition models.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of recent trends in cognitive science and psychology.
  • Analysis of theoretical approaches to reasoning and learning.

Main Results:

  • Current approaches increasingly emphasize domain-specific, knowledge-intensive cognition.

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  • Domain-specific cognition may arise from domain-general processes acting on domain-specific representations.

    • Conclusions:

    • Reasoning processes are central to human cognition, enabling understanding beyond readily available information.
    • Learning is often a byproduct of reasoning, not a primary objective.