About this journal

Thinking & Reasoning is dedicated to the understanding of human thought processes, with particular emphasis on studies on reasoning, decision-making, and problem-solving. Whilst the primary focus is on psychological studies of thinking, contributions are welcome from philosophers, artificial intelligence researchers and other cognitive scientists whose work bears upon the central concerns of the journal. Topics published in the journal fall under the broad umbrella described above and include studies of deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, judgments of probability and other quantities, conceptual thinking, the neuropsychology of reasoning, and the influence of language and culture on thought.

Papers will be accepted for publication on the basis of scientific quality, clarity of exposition and contribution to theoretical understanding of human thinking. Contributions may take any of the following forms:

• Empirical studies using any methodology appropriate to questions addressed, including experimental or observational methods and utilising either quantitative or qualitative analyses. Studies reporting small effect sizes with moderate sample sizes and modest statistical power should be replicated prior to submission.
• Empirical adversarial collaboration, which reflects a new model of paper recently introduced by Thinking & Reasoning, in which authors with opposing views on theory or the explanation of phenomena agree to undertake and write up a joint investigation of the subject of their disagreement.
• Theoretical contributions pertinent to issues in the empirical study of human thought but not reporting new data.
• Critical reviews of research literatures which synthesise findings reported by different authors and which derive new insights or permit conclusions which enhance understanding of theoretical issues.
• Critical discussion of papers published in Thinking & Reasoning and short reports or notes on other relevant issues.

Peer Review: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.


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Editor:

Aidan Feeney - Queen's University, Belfast, UK

Associate Editors:

Linden Ball - University of Central Lancashire, UK
Amory Danek - University of Heidelberg, Germany
Shira Elqayam - De Montfort University, UK
Henry Markovits – University of Québec at Montréal, Canada
Tim Rakow - King's College London, UK

Rakefet Ackerman - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Aron K. Barbey - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. USA
Pierre Barrouillet - FPSE University of Geneva, Switzerland
Jean-François Bonnefon - University of Toulouse at Mirail, France
Stephen Broomell - Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Ruth Byrne - Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Wim De Neys - CNRS & Paris Descartes University, France
Jonathan St B. T. Evans - University of Plymouth, UK
Simon Handley - University of Plymouth, UK
Adam Harris - University College London, UK
Ralph Hertwig - Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany
Keith Holyoak - University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Phil Johnson-Laird – Princeton University, USA
Daniel Kahneman - Princeton University, USA
Sunny Khemlani - Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Hugo Mercier - Institut Jean Nicod, France
David Moshman - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Ben Newell - University of New South Wales, Australia
Mike Oaksford - Birkbeck College London, UK
Klaus Oberauer - University of Zurich, Switzerland
Daniel Oppenheimer - Carnegie Mellon University, USA
David Over - Durham University, UK
Indrajeet Patil - Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany
Gordon Pennycook - University of Regina, Canada
Keith Stanovich - University of Toronto, Canada
Maggie E. Toplak - York University, Canada

Past Editors:
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans -  Editor, 1995-2011
Valerie Thompson - Editor, 2012-2023