A Hypothesis About the Biological Basis of Expert Intuition

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-212

  Chassy, Philippe ^a   Gobet, Fernand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell assembly; Chunking; Emotions; Expertise; Intuition

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052246594     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023958     Document Type: Article

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