Initial and concurrent planning in solutions to well-structured problems

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1147-1164

  Davies, Simon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME;

HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242287172     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980245000061     Document Type: Article

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