The cost of concreteness: The effect of nonessential information on analogical transfer

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-29

  Kaminski, Jennifer A ^a   Sloutsky, Vladimir M ^a   Heckler, Andrew F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Concreteness; Learning; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876115396     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031931     Document Type: Article

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