Nicolas Beauvais
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Nicolas Beauvais
@nicolasbeauvais.bsky.social
PhD Student in Cognitive Science @UPC & CNRS, Paris.
Reasoning | Decision-Making | Argumentation | Metacognition | AI
Also interested in cog.sci insights on environmental attitudes & education
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November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Importantly, we show here that this doesn't just mean rationalizing faulty intuitions. Deliberation also enables to (better) justify sound ones.
Beyond correction, deliberation thus plays a key role in justification, supporting metacognitive monitoring, explanation, & epistemic accountability. (4/4)
August 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
So deliberate reasoning (aka Type 2 reasoning/System 2) not only serves to correct erroneous/biased intuitions. It supports cognitive transparency: the ability to access, understand, and articulate the basis of one’s reasoning.
In other words, it makes our thinking explicit. (3/4)
August 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We found that intuitive correct responses were often poorly justified.
However, participants gave much clearer and normatively appropriate explanations after deliberative correct responses (even when their answer didn't change). (2/4)
August 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We asked people to solve classic reasoning problems (bat-and-ball, base-rate, risky-choice) twice:
• Once under time pressure (intuitive response)
• Then again with unlimited time (deliberate response)
After each response, they were asked to provide a justification for their answer. (1/4)
August 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Yes it was great to see you and exchange at the conference!
November 24, 2024 at 8:09 PM