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

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Glatzeder, Britt. (Editor), Goel, Vinod. (Editor), Müller, Albrecht. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:On Thinking,
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.