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The effects of superficial and structural information on online problem solving for good versus poor anagram solvers

Laura R. Novick Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USACorrespondenceLaura.Novick@ vanderbilt.edu or [email protected]
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Steven J. Sherman Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Pages 1098-1120 | Received 05 Jun 2006, Accepted 07 May 2007, Published online: 03 Jun 2008

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