While such concepts are formidably abstruse, general readers nonetheless gain an insight into how scientific reasoning proceeds — by contingent hypothesis and attempted refutation rather than by dogma.

A dangerous background for the development of scientific reasoning.

For everyone else it provides a vital antidote to the ills of misinformation by teaching systematic and rigorous scientific reasoning.

Various forms of observation and measurement lead to fundamental questions about the scientific method, and the scope and validity of scientific reasoning.

In doing so, students actively train and improve their academic skills, such as scientific reasoning, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and their presentation skills.

There were tests on spatial reasoning, a spatial-location task, the measure of my ability to remember objects.

They have no tradition of using maps, which relies on geometry and spatial reasoning.

They're designed to test cognitive abilities, such as verbal, numeric, abstract and spatial reasoning.

A study in 1993 found that listening to the same sonata could also improve spatial reasoning skills for a short time afterwards.

While memory skills and brain speed both decline, verbal abilities, spatial reasoning, simple maths abilities and abstract reasoning skills all improve in middle age.