Working memory demands in insight versus analytic problem solving

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-176

  Fleck, Jessica I ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROSPECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 36248944576     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440601016954     Document Type: Article

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