Is analogical reasoning just another measure of executive functioning?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Richland, Lindsey Engle ^a   Morrison, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOGICAL REASONING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROIMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 79953021741     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00180     Document Type: Article

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