Global perceptual processing in problem solving: The case of the traveling salesperson

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1227-1238

  Ormerod, Thomas C ^a,b   Chronicle, Edward P ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033173788     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03207625     Document Type: Article

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