Multiply-constrained semantic search in the Remote Associates Test

Cognition

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-75

  Smith, Kevin A ^a   Huber, David E ^a   Vul, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiply constrained problems; Problem solving; Remote Associates Test; Semantic retrieval; Semantic search

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN; LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REMOTE ASSOCIATES TEST; SEMANTICS; ALGORITHM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ALGORITHMS; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876313077     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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