Neuroscience

Thinking with your hands: cognitive weakness or the key to problem-solving?

A journalists requests to ask question as European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi addresses an ECB news conference December 4, 2014, for the first time in the ECB's new 1.3 billion euro headquarters in Frankfurt. Draghi said on Thursday the bank would reassess the impact of its monetary policy stimulus early next year and take further action if necessary. He also told a news conference the level of technical preparation for further measures -- widely believed to include quantitative easing sovereign bond buying -- has been stepped up.                   REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY  - Tags: BUSINESS)   - RTR4GPR3

Research shows that thinking alone is only one way of solving problems. Image: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Gaëlle Vallée-Tourangeau
Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Kingston University
Frédéric Vallée-Tourangeau
Professor of Psychology, Kingston University
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