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Neural basis of thinking: laboratory problems versus real‐world problems
Author(s) -
Goel Vinod
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.526
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1939-5086
pISSN - 1939-5078
DOI - 10.1002/wcs.71
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , psychology , cognition , cognitive psychology , computer science , psychiatry
Cognitive psychologists have long argued about the reality and significance of the distinction between well‐structured and ill‐structured problems. Laboratory problems are usually well‐structured, whereas real‐world problems have both well‐structured and ill‐structured components. This article shows how the neuropsychological data reinforce this distinction and suggests how this distinction may help to explain a puzzle about discontinuous performance of some neurological patients in laboratory and real‐world problem situations. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This article is categorized under: Psychology > Reasoning and Decision Making Neuroscience > Cognition