3-System Theory of the Cognitive Brain

<p><em>3-System Theory of the Cognitive Brain: A Post-Piagetian Approach to Cognitive Development</em> puts forward Olivier Houdé’s 3-System theory of the cognitive brain, based on numerous post-Piagetian psychological and brain imaging data acquired from children and adults. This ground-breaking theory simultaneously anchors itself in a deep understanding of the history of psychology and fuels current debates on thinking, reasoning and cognitive development.</p><p>Spanning the long-term history of psychology, from Plato and Aristotle to more current experimental psychology, this pioneering work goes beyond the approaches of Kahneman (i.e. System 1 theory) and Piaget (i.e. System 2 theory) to put forward a theory in which the inhibitory-control system (i.e. System 3) takes precedence. Houdé argues that the brain contains a third control system located in the prefrontal cortex which is dedicated to inhibiting Kahneman’s intuitive heuristics system and activating Piaget’s logical algorithms system anywhere in the brain on a case-by-case basis, depending on the goal and context of the task. <i>3-System Theory of the Cognitive Brain </i>simultaneously explains the early logical abilities discovered in babies, the dynamic, strategic and non-linear process of cognitive development in children, and the fast heuristics and biases observed in adults. Houdé considers the exciting implications of this theory on neuro-education using examples from the classroom. </p><p>This book is essential reading for students and researchers in cognitive development and education, child psychology, reasoning and neurosciences. </p> <p>Preface: One, two or three systems of thinking in human beings?</p><p>Part 1 Chapter 1: From Psyche to the Logos – Ancient times</p><p>Part 1 Chapter 2: Faith, Truth and Reasoning in The Middle Ages</p><p>Part 1 Chapter 3: The inconstancy of the human being: from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment</p><p>Part 1 Chapter 4: Towards a science of psychology: The nineteenth and twentieth centuries</p><p>Part 2: Introduction</p><p>Part 2 Chapter 5: Jean Piaget’s theory or the logical system</p><p>Part 2 Chapter 6: The dual-system theories: System 1 (intuition) and System 2 (logic)</p><p>Part 2 Chapter 7: Inhibiting in order to reason: System 3 (executive)</p><p>Part 2 Chapter 8: The paradox of reasoning in infants</p><p>Conclusion </p><p>Bibliography </p>