Perceptual contributions to problem solving: Chunk decomposition of Chinese characters

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 430-443

  Luo, Jing ^a,b,d   Niki, Kazuhisa ^c,d   Knoblich, Guenther ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aha reaction; Creative thinking; Event related fMRI; Insight problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33749430500     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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