Analogy as a strategy for supporting complex problem solving under uncertainty

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1352-1365

  Chan, Joel ^a   Paletz, Susannah B F ^a   Schunn, Christian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Decision making; Judgment; Problem solving; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868370473     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0227-z     Document Type: Article

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