Usefulness of different hints in solving an insight problem: Relation-ship with metacognitive strategies;Utilidad de distintas ayudas en la resolución de un problema de insight y su relación con las estrategias metacognitivas

Anales de Psicologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-24

  Martínez Fernández, Reinaldo ^a,b   Tubau, Elisabet ^c   Guilera, Llorenç ^a   Rabanaque, Samuel ^a   Sánchez, Edgar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ANDRÉS BELLO   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Insight; Metacognition; Problem solving; Self appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449397754     PISSN: 02129728     EISSN: 16952294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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