Einstellung defused: Interactivity and mental set

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1889-1895

  Vallée Tourangeau, Frédéric ^a   Euden, Gemma ^a   Hearn, Vanessa ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed cognition; Individual differences; Interactivity; Mental set; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT;

COGNITION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84855810554     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.605151     Document Type: Article

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