Having the memory of an elephant: Long-term retrieval and the use of analogues in problem solving

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-433

  Chen, Zhe ^a,b   Mo, Lei ^b   Honomichl, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444351643     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.133.3.415     Document Type: Article

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