Keith James Holyoak | |
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![]() Keith Holyoak | |
Born | Langley, British Columbia, Canada | January 16, 1950
Citizenship | Canadian–American |
Alma mater | University of British Columbia (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cognitive science |
Doctoral advisor | Gordon H. Bower |
Keith James Holyoak (born January 16, 1950) is a Canadian–American researcher in cognitive psychology and cognitive science, working on human thinking and reasoning. Holyoak's work focuses on the role of analogy in thinking.[1] His work showed how analogy can be used to enhance learning of new abstract concepts by both children and adults,[2] as well as how reasoning breaks down in cases of brain damage.[3]
Holyoak is also a poet. He has published four collections of his own poems, My Minotaur, Foreigner, The Gospel According to Judas, and Oracle Bones, as well as a collection of translations of classical Chinese poetry by Li Bai and Du Fu, Facing the Moon.
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