Implicit learning in problem solving: the role of working memory capacity.
Participants solving the Balls and Boxes puzzle for the first time were slowed in proportion to the level of working memory (WM) reduction resulting from a concurrent secondary task. On a second and still challenging solution of the same puzzle, performance was greatly improved, and the same WM loa...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Experimental Psychology. General Vol. 126; pp. 178 - 204 |
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American Psychological Association
June 1997
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