Automatic activation of categorical and abstract analogical relations in analogical reasoning

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1414-1421

  Green, Adam E ^a,b   Fugelsang, Jonathan A ^a   Dunbar, Kevin N ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 33846260253     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195906     Document Type: Article

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