Cognitive mechanisms of insight: The role of heuristics and representational change in solving the eight-coin problem

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 931-939

  Öllinger, Michael ^a,b   Jones, Gary ^c   Faber, Amory H ^b   Knoblich, Günther ^d  

^a PARMENIDES FOUNDATION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Insight; Problem solving; Representational change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883027069     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029194     Document Type: Article

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