Relating derived relations as a model of analogical reasoning: Reaction times and event-related potentials

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-451

  Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^a   Regan, Donal ^a   Barnes Holmes, Yvonne ^a   Commins, Sean ^a   Walsh, Derek ^a   Stewart, Ian ^b   Smeets, Paul M ^c   Whelan, Robert ^d   Dymond, Simon ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analogy; Derived relations; Humans; Reasoning; Relating relations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33644761179     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.79-04     Document Type: Review

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