The impact of problem structure on planning: Insights from the Tower of London task

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 462-472

  Kaller, Christoph P ^a   Unterrainer, Josef M ^a   Rahm, Benjamin ^a   Halsband, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Neural basis of behavior; Planning; Problem structure; ToH; ToL; Tower of Hanoi; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 3242679842     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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