How Planful Is Routine Behavior? A Selective-Attention Model of Performance in the Tower of Hanoi

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-116

  Patsenko, Elena G ^a   Altmann, Erik M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eye movements; problem solving; selective attention; situated cognition; Tower of Hanoi

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 76049097579     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018268     Document Type: Article

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