From models to rules: Mechanization of reasoning as a way to cope with cognitive overloading in combinatorial problems

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-243

  Cherubini, Paolo ^a   Mazzocco, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatization; Mechanization; Mental models; Reasoning schemas

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 3042600548     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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