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Associative Processing

Associative Processing is a cognitive mechanism within insight problem solving that refers to the spontaneous activation and integration of distantly related ideas or concepts through shared semantic or experiential links, distinguishing it from controlled, rule-based reasoning strategies.

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Mood and memory.

Gordon H. Bower · American Psychologist · 1981 · 5K citations

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Overdependence on degraded gist memory in Alzheimer's disease.

Neuropsychology · 2006 · 4.7K citations

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The empirical case for two systems of reasoning.

Steven A. Sloman · Psychological Bulletin · 1996 · 3.7K citations

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Mental imagery in associative learning and memory.

Allan Paivio · Psychological Review · 1969 · 1.4K citations

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Animal Intelligence: An Experimental Study of the Associative Processes in Animals

L. W. Kline, E. L. Thorndike · The American Journal of Psychology · 1898 · 1.1K citations

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Authors

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  1. CE
    Catherine E. Myers

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    11 publications · 385 citations

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  2. DR
    David R. Shanks

    University College London, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 1K citations

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    Jan De Houwer

    Ghent University, Belgium

    9 publications · 1.8K citations

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    Mark A. Gluck

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    9 publications · 488 citations

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    Ralph R. Miller

    Binghamton University, United States

    8 publications · 358 citations

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Institutions

903

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    46 publications

    8.7K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    49 publications

    8.7K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    41 publications

    3.6K citations

  4. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    44 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    15 h-index

    41 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    15 h-index

    47 publications

    3.1K citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    14 h-index

    34 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    44 publications

    1.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Neuroscience

    19 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Psychological Review

    17 publications · 5.1K citations

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  5. Behavioral Neuroscience

    22 publications · 864 citations

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