Reconnecting interpretation to reasoning through individual differences

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1454-1483

  Stenning, Keith ^a   Cox, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

COGNITION; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33749331319     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210500198759     Document Type: Article

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