The influence of goal-state access cost on planning during problem solving

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 485-503

  Waldron, Samuel M ^a   Patrick, John ^a   Duggan, Geoffrey B ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive cognition; Human memory; Human planning; Human problem solving; Information access cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951993017     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.507276     Document Type: Article

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