Understanding microworlds

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 879-901

  Green, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 85047682297     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755995     Document Type: Article

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