Eye movements reveal solution knowledge prior to insight

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 768-776

  Ellis, Jessica J ^a   Glaholt, Mackenzie G ^b   Reingold, Eyal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagrams; Eye movements; Insight; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSONANT; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROSPECTION; KNOWLEDGE;

COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 80051670013     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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