Throughout our lives, we've been trained to be logical. Indeed, much of our education is geared towards ensuring that we always get the right answer. When you answer a question such as, “In what year ...

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Babies think logically before they are able to speak, according to a new study which calls into question whether we need language in order to reason. Infants are able to reason using "disjunctive ...

In response to Bess Brennan's letter: Logical thinking is an analytical approach which relies on evidence and facts for support. To say you have "a theory, untested and unproven" is in direct conflict ...

For some mental processes, humans and animals likely follow similar lines of thinking. Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via Getty Images Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It’s a ...

Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It's a question scientists have been testing in increasingly creative ways—and what we've found so far paints a more complicated picture than you ...