Neural basis of thinking: Laboratory problems versus real-world problems

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 613-621

  Goel, Vinod ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79957490832     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.71     Document Type: Article

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