3-system theory of the cognitive brain: a post-Piagetian approach to cognitive development

This volume 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 theory simultaneously anchors itself in a deep understanding of the history of psychology and fuels current debates on thinking, reasoning, and cognitive development.

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 and Piaget to put forward a theory in which the inhibitory-control system takes precedence.