Complex problem solving - More than reasoning?

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Wüstenberg, Sascha ^a   Greiff, Samuel ^a   Funke, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex problem solving; Dynamic problem solving; Intelligence; Linear structural equations; Measurement; MicroDYN

Indexed keywords

EID: 83955162192     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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