The psychological puzzle of Sudoku

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 342-364

  Louis Lee, N Y ^a   Goodwin, Geoffrey P ^b   Johnson Laird, P N ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deduction; Inferential strategies; Problem solving; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249095540     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780802236308     Document Type: Article

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