Perceived conflicts and errors in complex problem solving

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 816-827

  Unterrainer, J M ^a   Rauss, K S ^b   Kaller, C P ^c   Leonhart, R ^a   Rahm, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conflict monitoring; Error awareness; Performance monitoring; Planning and problem solving; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER MODEL; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51349115279     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701811207     Document Type: Article

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