Problem Solving - Research News and Information

Monday, September 08, 2008

Thinking around the corner: the development of planning abilities.

Aug 2008 The ability to plan and search ahead is essential for problem solving in most situations in everyday life. To investigate the development of planning and related processes, a sample of four- and five-year-old children... Read more...

Integral calculus problem solving: an fMRI investigation.

16 Jul 2008 Only a subset of adults acquires specific advanced mathematical skills, such as integral calculus. The representation of more sophisticated mathematical concepts probably evolved from basic number systems; however its... Read more...

Vertical versus lateral thinking.

9 Jul 2008 Traditional medical training may actually impede a physician's ability to solve complex problems because it is based on vertical, linear and traditional thinking. Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Problem Solving'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Thinking around the corner: the development of planning abilities. Aug 2008
• Integral calculus problem solving: an fMRI investigation. 16 Jul 2008
• Vertical versus lateral thinking. 9 Jul 2008
• Making it to the EHR promised land. How to solve common EHR adoption problems. 2 Jul 2008
• Does training make you smarter? The effects of training on dogs' performance (Canis familiaris) in a problem solving task. Jul 2008
• Executive functioning component mechanisms and schizophrenia. Jul 2008
• Simple groups at play. Jul 2008
• Animal cognition: rooks team up to solve a problem. 24 Jun 2008
• A preliminary study: novelty seeking, frontal executive function, and dopamine receptor (D2) TaqI A gene polymorphism in patients with methamphetamine dependence. 17 Jun 2008
• Psychological coping styles and cortisol over the day in healthy older adults. Jun 2008
• The glass is a little full - of something: revisiting the issue of content specificity of problem solving. Jun 2008
• Preventing late-life depression in age-related macular degeneration. Jun 2008
• Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in bipolar disorder: effects of mood state and early course. Jun 2008
• Hindsight bias in insight and mathematical problem solving: evidence of different reconstruction mechanisms for metacognitive versus situational judgments. Jun 2008
• Conflict resolution between friends during middle childhood. Jun 2008
• Working memory as a predictor of written arithmetical skills in children: the importance of central executive functions. Jun 2008
• Does subitizing reflect numerical estimation? Jun 2008
• Effectiveness of problem-solving therapy for older, primary care patients with depression: results from the IMPACT project. Jun 2008
• Turnaround. Troubleshooter at the top. 29 May 2008
• Escitalopram and problem-solving therapy for prevention of poststroke depression: a randomized controlled trial. 28 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Problem Solving'

Definition: A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.

Descriptor UI: D011340

Alternative terms: Problem Solving;

Related Mesh Headings: Decision Making;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.425.725; F02.463.785.810;

Technical Notes: human & animal