: Published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2023), this research identifies four distinct thinking styles: Actively Open-minded, Close-minded, Preference for Intuitive Thinking, and Preference for Effortful Thinking.
: This highly cited paper by Pennycook, Fugelsang, and Koehler (2015) reviews evidence that the willingness to override "gut feelings" with analytic reasoning is a major predictor of outcomes in religion, morality, and even smartphone use. analytic thinking
: Recent research from 2022 suggests that an analytic thinking style is a stronger predictor for rejecting unwarranted beliefs (like paranormal or conspiracist ideas) than general fluid reasoning. : Published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin