Thinking Can Cause Forgetting: Memory Dynamics in Creative Problem Solving

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1287-1293

  Storm, Benjamin C ^a   Angello, Genna ^b   Bjork, Elizabeth Ligon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixation; Inhibition; Problem solving; Remote Associates Test; Retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECALL; THINKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; THINKING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052855918     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023921     Document Type: Article

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