Thinking

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2001, Pages 223-247

  Markman, Arthur B ^a   Gentner, Dedre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Domain specific processes; Learning; Mental models; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THINKING;

COGNITION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THINKING;

EID: 0035221164     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.223     Document Type: Article

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