Analogical encoding facilitates knowledge transfer in negotiation

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 586-597

  Loewenstein, Jeffrey ^a   Thompson, Leigh ^a   Gentner, Dedre ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEGOTIATING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033253617     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212967     Document Type: Article

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