A study of transfer between isomorphs of the Tower of Hanoi problem

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-49

  Nayigizente, Ildefonse ^a   Richard, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

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