Counterintuitive and alternative moves choice in the Water Jug task

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-20

  Carder, Hassina P ^a   Handley, Simon J ^a   Perfect, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counterintuitive; Executive function; Memory; Normal adults; Performance; Planning; Problem solving; Problem solving strategy; Tower of London; Water Jug

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WATER JUG TASK;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTENTION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38649088619     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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