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Keith James Holyoak
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Keith Holyoak
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| Born | January 16, 1950 Langley, British Columbia, Canada
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| Citizenship | Canadian–American |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
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| Fields | Cognitive science |
| Doctoral advisor | Gordon H. Bower |
Keith James Holyoak (born January 16, 1950) is a Canadian-American scientist. He studies how people think and reason. This field is called cognitive psychology and cognitive science. Holyoak's work mostly focuses on how we use analogy in our thinking. Analogy means comparing one thing to another to help us understand new ideas.
His research has shown how using analogies can help both children and adults learn new and complex ideas. He also studies how our reasoning might be affected if there is brain damage.
Beyond his scientific work, Keith Holyoak is also a poet. He has published four books of his own poems. These include My Minotaur, Foreigner, The Gospel According to Judas, and Oracle Bones. He also translated a collection of old Chinese poems by Li Bai and Du Fu, called Facing the Moon.
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About Keith Holyoak
Keith Holyoak was born in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, in 1950. He went to the University of British Columbia and earned his first degree in psychology in 1971. Later, he earned his PhD in psychology from Stanford University in 1976. His main teacher and guide for his PhD was Gordon Bower.
He taught at the University of Michigan from 1976 to 1986. After that, he joined the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). There, he is now a very respected professor of psychology.
Keith Holyoak has also held important leadership roles in the world of science. He was the head of the governing board for the Cognitive Science Society from 1994 to 1995. He also served as the editor for two important scientific journals: Cognitive Psychology (from 1995 to 1999) and Psychological Review (from 2016 to 2021).
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This is a group that honors smart and talented people. He received a special award called a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1991. In 1999, he received a James McKeen Cattell Fellowship. He is also a Fellow of several other important scientific groups. These include the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Psychological Science, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP). In 2022, the SEP gave him the Howard Crosby Warren Medal for his great work.
Books and Recordings
Cognitive Science Books
These books are about how people think and learn.
- Holyoak, K. J. (2019). The Spider’s Thread: Metaphor in Mind, Brain, and Poetry. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, ISBN: 978-0-26-203922-2.
- Holland, J.H., Holyoak, K.J., Nisbett, R.E., & Thagard, P. (1986). Induction: Processes of Inference, Learning, and Discovery. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, ISBN: 0-262-58096-9.
- Holyoak, K.J., & Thagard, P. (1995). Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought. Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press, ISBN: 0-262-58144-2.
- Gentner, D., Holyoak, K.J., & Kokinov, B. (Eds.) (2001). The Analogical Mind: Perspectives from Cognitive Science. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, ISBN: 0-262-57139-0
- Holyoak, K.J., & Morrison, R.G. (Eds.) (2005). The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 0-521-53101-2
- Holyoak, K.J., & Morrison, R.G. (Eds.) (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, ISBN: 978-0-19-973468-9
Poetry Books and Recordings
These are collections of poems written or translated by Keith Holyoak, and recordings of his poetry.
- Holyoak, K. (2019). Oracle Bones: Poems from the Time of Misrule.. Seattle, WA: [Goldfish Press], ISBN: 978-0-9787975-2-2.
- Holyoak, K. (2015). The Gospel According to Judas. Loveland, OH: Dos Madres Press, ISBN: 978-1-939929-30-3.
- Holyoak, K. (2012). Foreigner: New English Poems in Chinese Old Style. Loveland, OH: Dos Madres Press, ISBN: 978-1-933675-77-0.
- Holyoak, K. (2010). My Minotaur: Selected Poems 1998–2006. Loveland, OH: Dos Madres Press, ISBN: 978-1-933675-48-0.
- Holyoak, K. (translator) (2007). Facing the Moon: Poems of Li Bai and Du Fu. Durham, NH: Oyster River Press, ISBN: 978-1-882291-04-5.
- Keith Holyoak's Descent. Broken Electric Records (2006).
- Poems of Li Bai. Broken Electric Records (2007).
- Poems of Du Fu. Broken Electric Records (2009).
