Spot the difference: distinguishing between two kinds of processing

Dual-process theories of higher cognition, distinguishing between intuitive (Type 1) and reflective (Type 2) thinking, have become increasingly popular, although also subject to recent criticism. A key question, to which a number of contributions in this special issue relate, is how to define the di...

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Published in:	Mind & society 2012-06, Vol.11 (1), p.121-131
Main Author:	Evans, Jonathan St. B. T.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Cognition & reasoning Cognitive Psychology Decision making Economics Economics and Finance Emotions Information processing Memory Methodology of the Social Sciences Philosophy of Science Psychology of learning Social psychology Sociology Studies
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Summary:	Dual-process theories of higher cognition, distinguishing between intuitive (Type 1) and reflective (Type 2) thinking, have become increasingly popular, although also subject to recent criticism. A key question, to which a number of contributions in this special issue relate, is how to define the difference between the two kinds of processing. One issue discussed is whether they differ at Marr’s computational level of analysis. I believe they do but that ultimately the debate will decided at the implementational level where distinct cognitive and neural systems need to be demonstrated. Other distinctions raised in the issue are the unique ability for metarepresentation, cognitive decoupling and hypothetical thinking at the Type 2 level, and the association of emotion and metacognitive feelings with the Type 1 level. The relation of the latter to cognitive control is also discussed.
ISSN:	1593-7879 1860-1839