Eye Movements and Problem Solving: Guiding Attention Guides Thought

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 462-466

  Grant, Elizabeth R ^a   Spivey, Michael J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING;

EID: 0142118595     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.02454     Document Type: Article

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