What is in a name: Comparing the Tower of London with one of its variants

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 418-428

  Unterrainer, J M ^a   Rahm, B ^a   Halsband, U ^a   Kaller, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Performance; Planning; Problem structure; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TOWER OF LONDON TEST;

EID: 16844382237     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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