Dual-process theories of cognition are to be found everywhere in psychology although the
literatures concerned may contain little or no cross referencing to each other. These theories …

It is commonly assumed that belief-based reasoning is fast and automatic, whereas rule-
based reasoning is slower and more effortful. Dual-Process theories of reasoning rely on …

One hundred and three participants solved conflict and non-conflict versions of four
reasoning tasks using a two-response procedure: a base rate task, a causal reasoning task …

Cognitive capacity is commonly assumed to predict performance in classic reasoning tasks
because people higher in cognitive capacity are believed to be better at deliberately …

Recent research has indicated a negative relation between the propensity for analytic
reasoning and religious beliefs and practices. Here, we propose conflict detection as a …

We propose a critique of normativism, defined as the idea that human thinking reflects a
normative system against which it should be measured and judged. We analyze the …

Human reasoning is often biased by stereotypical intuitions. The nature of such bias is not
clear. Some authors claim that people are mere heuristic thinkers and are not aware that …

Straight Choices provides a fascinating introduction to the psychology of decision making,
enhanced by discussion of relevant examples of decision problems faced in everyday life …

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 …

While individual differences in the willingness and ability to engage analytic processing
have long informed research in reasoning and decision making, the implications of such …