Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology
2021. Vol. 11, no. 1, 72–88
doi:10.21638/spbu16.2021.105
ISSN: 2658-3607 / 2658-6010 (online)
Memory for the Source of Solutions in Remote Associate Tasks: the Role of Generation Effect and the Aha!-Experience
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Keywords: source-monitoring judgements, Aha!-experience, insight, problem-solving, remote associate task
Journal rubric: Empirical and Experimental Research
Article type: scientific article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu16.2021.105
Funding. The study was supported by the RFBR grant, project no. 20-013-00532.
For citation: Gershkovich V.A., Moroshkina N.V., Fedosova V.I. Memory for the Source of Solutions in Remote Associate Tasks: the Role of Generation Effect and the Aha!-Experience. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology, 2021. Vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 72–88. DOI: 10.21638/spbu16.2021.105. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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