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The world looks small when you only look through a telescope: The need for a broad and developmental study of reasoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2011

Darcia Narvaez
Darcia Narvaez
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556. [email protected]://www.nd.edu/~dnarvaez
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Abstract

If the target article represents the summary findings of the field, reasoning research is deeply flawed. The vision is too narrow and seems to fall into biological determinism. Humans use reasoning in effective ways apparently not studied by researchers, such as reasoning for action. Moreover, as the brain develops through adulthood and from experience so do reasoning capabilities.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 83 - 84
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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