Toward an integrated theory of insight in problem solving

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-39

  Weisberg, Robert W ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic thinking in insight; Insight; Insight sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911984797     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2014.886625     Document Type: Article

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