Characterizing the intuitive representation in problem solving: Evidence from evaluating mathematical strategies

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 395-412

  Dixon, James A ^a,b   Moore, Colleen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

EID: 0030973445     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211295     Document Type: Article

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