Towards a Theory of Thinking Building Blocks for a Conceptual Framework /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Glatzeder, Britt (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Goel, Vinod (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Müller, Albrecht (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Σειρά: On Thinking,
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Neurosciences.; Neurobiology.; Anthropology.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.

Thinking is one of the most fascinating and characteristic abilities of human beings. To advance our understanding of this distinctive feature that makes us human is not only an exciting scientific challenge but also of great relevance in terms of coping with more and more complex challenges of the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Perspectives on Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Heuristic Bias, Conflict, and Rationality in Decision-Making
• Analogical Processes in Human Thinking and Learning
• A Gestalt Perspective on the Psychology of Thinking
• Thought and Reality
• Components of Thinking
• Categorization and Object Shape
• Comparison
• Causal Thinking
• Conditionals: Their Meaning and Their use in Reasoning
• Thinking and Memory
• Perception and the Brain
• Onto- and Phylogenetic Considerations
• A Developmental Perspective on Modularity
• Theory of Mind
• The Development of Metacognitive Competences
• Understanding Apes to Understand Humans: The Case of Object-Object Relations
• Language, Emotion, Culture
• Socializing Cognition
• Thinking and Language
• Thinking and Emotion: Affective Modulation of Cognitive Processing Modes
• Cultural Differences in Thinking Styles
• Modeling and Neurobiological Aspects
• Natural Selection in the Brain
• Value and Self-Referential Control: Necessary Ingredients for the Autonomous Development of Flexible Intelligence
• Cortical Connectivity: The Infrastructure of Thoughts
• Models as Tools to Aid Thinking.