Towers of Hanoi and London: Contribution of working memory and inhibition to performance

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-242

  Welsh, Marilyn C ^a   Satterlee Cartmell, Trey ^a   Stine, Michelle ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0032721547     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1999.1123     Document Type: Article

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