Reasoning Lab

Directed by Professors Patricia Cheng and Keith Holyoak of the Department of Psychology, The UCLA Reasoning Lab is dedicated to theoretical and empirical investigation of thinking and reasoning. Together with many collaborators and students, the lab combines behavioral studies of human cognition with computational and neuropsychological projects. The lab focuses on thinking in normal human adults, but is also guided by work on cognitive development and animal cognition. The Reasoning Lab is currently supported by grants from the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Institute of Education Sciences.

Here you will find information about the research of the lab and publications it has produced, with links to full-text pdf files for some of our most important findings.

Knowlton, B.J., Holyoak, K. J., (2009). Prefrontal Substrate of Human Relational Reasoning. In Gazzaniga, M.S. (Ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences (pp.1005-1017). Cambridge, USA, London, UK: MIT Press.

Forthcoming paper on preservation of analogical reasoning in autistic children (Morsany & Holyoak, Developmental Science): http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122581723/abstract

Featured in Science News:http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/47791/title/Autism_may_include_aptitude_for_analogy


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							About the Reasoning Lab Directed by Professors Patricia Cheng and Keith Holyoak of the Department of Psychology, The UCLA Reasoning Lab is dedicated to theoretical and empirical investigation of thinking and reasoning. Together with many collaborators and students, the lab combines behavioral studies of human cognition with computational and neuropsychological projects. The lab focuses on thinking in normal human adults, but is also guided by work on cognitive development and animal cognition. The Reasoning Lab is currently supported by grants from the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Here you will find information about the research of the lab and publications it has produced, with links to full-text pdf files for some of our most important findings. Lab News Knowlton, B.J., Holyoak, K. J., (2009). Prefrontal Substrate of Human Relational Reasoning. In Gazzaniga, M.S. (Ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences (pp.1005-1017). Cambridge, USA, London, UK: MIT Press. Forthcoming paper on preservation of analogical reasoning in autistic children (Morsany & Holyoak, Developmental Science): http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122581723/abstract Featured in Science News:http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/47791/title/Autism_may_include_aptitude_for_analogy