Planning and Problem-solving Using the Five-disc Tower of London Task

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-78

  Ward, Geoff ^a   Allport, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031525735     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755681     Document Type: Article

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