Conditional reasoning and the Tower of Hanoi: The role of spatial and verbal working memory

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 501-518

  Handley, Simon J ^a   Capon, A ^b   Copp, C ^b   Harper, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036879268     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712602761381376     Document Type: Article

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