Stephen K ReedSTEPHEN K. REED is currently an emeritus professor of psychology at San Diego State University and a visiting scholar at the University of California, San Diego. He has also taught at Florida Atlantic University (1980-1988) and at Case WesternReserve University (1971-1980). His research on problem solving has been supported by grants from NIMH, the National Science Foundation, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. He is the author of numerous articles and books including Psychological Processes in Pattern Recognition (Academic Press, 1973), Word Problems: Research and Curriculum Reform (Erlbaum, 1999), Cognitive Skills You Need for the 21^st Century (Oxford University Press, 2020) and Thinking Visually, second edition (Routledge, 2021).