Converging on a new role for analogy in problem solving and retrieval: When two problems are better than one

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 334-341

  Kurtz, Kenneth J ^a   Loewenstein, Jeffrey ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 34250876224     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193454     Document Type: Article

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