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The psychology of reasoning (also known as the cognitive science of reasoning^[1]) is the study of how people reason, often broadly defined as the process of drawing conclusions to inform how people solve problems and make decisions.^[2] It overlaps with psychology, philosophy, linguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, logic, and probability theory.

Psychological experiments on how humans and other animals reason have been carried out for over 100 years. An enduring question is whether or not people have the capacity to be rational. Current research in this area addresses various questions about reasoning, rationality, judgments, intelligence, relationships between emotion and reasoning, and development.

^ Oaksford, M., & Chater, N. (2002). Commonsense reasoning, logic, and human rationality. In R. Elio (Ed.), Common Sense, Reasoning, and Rationality (pp. 174–214). Oxford University Press
^ Leighton, J. P. (2004). Defining and describing reason, in The Nature of Reasoning (eds Leighton, J. P. and Sternberg, R. J.) Cambridge University Press.