Interruption of the tower of London task: Support for a goal-activation approach

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-115

  Hodgetts, Helen M ^a,b   Jones, Dylan M ^a,b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation; Goals; Interruption; Memory; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; GAME; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ATTENTION; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GOALS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33244495058     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.135.1.103     Document Type: Article

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