section_path: Reason in particular fields of study/Psychology and cognitive science/Neuroscience of reasoning
section_name: Neuroscience of reasoning
paragraph_text: Neuroscience of reasoning
  
  The biological functioning of the brain is studied by neurophysiologists, cognitive neuroscientists, and neuropsychologists. This includes research into the structure and function of normally functioning brains, and of damaged or otherwise unusual brains. In addition to carrying out research into reasoning, some psychologists—for example clinical psychologists and psychotherapists —work to alter people's reasoning habits when those habits are unhelpful.