fMRI studies Dual process theory

researcher conducting functional magnetic resonance imaging test.

vinod goel , others produced neuropsychological evidence dual-process accounts of reasoning using fmri studies. provided evidence anatomically distinct parts of brain responsible 2 different kinds of reasoning. found content-based reasoning caused left temporal hemisphere activation whereas abstract formal problem reasoning activated parietal system. concluded different kinds of reasoning, depending on semantic content, activated 1 of 2 different systems in brain.

a similar study incorporated fmri during belief-bias test. found different mental processes competing control of response problems given in belief-bias test. prefrontal cortex critical in detecting , resolving conflicts, characteristic of system 2, , had been associated system 2. ventral medial prefrontal cortex, known associated more intuitive or heuristic responses of system 1, area in competition prefrontal cortex.