Flexibility in strategy use: Adaptation of numerosity judgement strategies to task characteristics

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-266

  Luwel, Koen ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a   De Corte, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037389910     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440244000139     Document Type: Article

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