Does switching between strategies within the same task involve a cost?

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 753-771

  Luwel, Koen ^a   Schillemans, Viki ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349140553     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712609X402801     Document Type: Article

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