Complex problem solving and intelligence: Empirical relation and causal direction

Cognition and Intelligence: Identifying the Mechanisms of the Mind

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 160-187

  Wenke, Dorit ^a   Frensch, Peter A ^a   Funke, Joachim ^a  

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511607073.010     Document Type: Chapter

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