Analogical Problem Solving: A Hierarchical Analysis of Procedural Similarity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-98

  Chen, Zhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIZE PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 71449106279     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.1.81     Document Type: Article

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