Testing Two Cognitive Theories of Insight

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1017-1027

  Jones, Gary ^a  

^a Ctr Psychol Res in Hlth/Cogn   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EYE FIXATION; GAME; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AWARENESS; FIXATION, OCULAR; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0142104921     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.5.1017     Document Type: Article

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