List of contributors |
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1. Introduction to the psychology of planning |
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Geoff Ward and Robin Morris |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (22) |
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24 | (2) |
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Neuropsychology and planning |
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26 | (1) |
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Overview of the chapters in this volume |
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27 | (5) |
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32 | (3) |
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2. Planning and problem solving in well-defined domains |
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35 | (18) |
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35 | (1) |
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Characterizing planning behaviour in well-defined domains |
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36 | (3) |
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Selection and effectiveness of different planning behaviours |
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39 | (1) |
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Problem complexity and planning strategy |
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39 | (2) |
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Problem-solving environment and planning strategy |
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41 | (3) |
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Individual and group differences and planning strategy |
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44 | (2) |
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Effectiveness of initial planning |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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48 | (5) |
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3. Planning and ill-defined problems |
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53 | (18) |
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53 | (2) |
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Planning in puzzle solving |
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55 | (5) |
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Plans, planning and expert skill |
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60 | (7) |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (2) |
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4. Working memory and planning |
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71 | (18) |
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71 | (2) |
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General strategies for developing plans of action |
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73 | (2) |
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Working memory in computational models of problem solving and planning |
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75 | (1) |
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Multi-component approaches to working memory |
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76 | (2) |
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Single resource approaches to working memory |
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78 | (1) |
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"Move" tasks: The Tower of London (TOL) |
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78 | (5) |
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Studies of planning and working memory in chess |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (1) |
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85 | (4) |
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5. Planning and the executive control of thought and action |
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89 | (22) |
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89 | (3) |
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Do we possess "lower level" action plans? |
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92 | (1) |
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Lower order planning: How do we control the initiation of lower level action plans? |
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93 | (3) |
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"Higher order" planning I: Planning what to do to solve a problem |
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96 | (3) |
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"Higher order" planning II: Planning when to do things to solve a problem |
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99 | (6) |
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105 | (2) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (3) |
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6. Adult ageing and cognitive planning |
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111 | (24) |
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Louise H. Phillips, Mairi S. MacLeod, and Matthias Kliegel |
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Age, the frontal lobes and executive function |
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111 | (2) |
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Effects of ageing on the Tower of London (TOL) planning task |
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113 | (2) |
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Formulating complex plans in the laboratory |
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115 | (4) |
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Age and action planning: Six Elements Task (SET) |
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119 | (3) |
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Age and errand planning in a naturalistic setting |
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122 | (2) |
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Comparison of age effects on realistic and abstract planning tasks |
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124 | (1) |
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Adult ageing and planning: Themes emerging from the literature |
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125 | (6) |
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131 | (4) |
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7. Cognitive planning in Humans: New insights from the Tower of London (TOL) task |
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135 | (18) |
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135 | (1) |
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The Tower of London (TOL) |
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136 | (3) |
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Psychological considerations: Cognitive components of performance identified from eye-tracking behaviour |
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139 | (3) |
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Anatomical considerations: Localizing the core neural substrates of performance using functional neuroimaging |
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142 | (4) |
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Further considerations: Is planning just working memory for the future? |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (5) |
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8. Planning in patients with focal brain damage: From simple to complex task performance |
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153 | (28) |
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Robin Morris, Maria Kotitsa, and Jessica Bramham |
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153 | (1) |
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Illustrative case examples |
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154 | (2) |
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Development of strategies |
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156 | (2) |
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Problem solving on the Tower of Hanoi (TOH) |
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158 | (8) |
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Planning and organizational abilities investigated through simulation |
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166 | (4) |
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Virtual reality exploration of strategy formation, rule breaks and prospective memory |
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170 | (7) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (4) |
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9. Planning and the brain |
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181 | (18) |
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Jordan Grafman, Lee Spector, and Mary Jo Rattermann |
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181 | (1) |
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Cognitive and computational perspectives on planning |
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182 | (3) |
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Cognitive neuroscience perspectives |
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185 | (6) |
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191 | (4) |
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195 | (4) |
10. The search for specific planning processes |
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199 | (30) |
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Paul Burgess, Jon Simons, Laure Coates, and Shelley Channon |
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199 | (1) |
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Challenge 1: Is "planning" just a label for a range of disparate human activities? |
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200 | (2) |
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Challenge 2: Planning as the expression of stored preferences |
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202 | (2) |
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Challenge 3: Is the existing experimental evidence consistent with the assumption that "look-ahead" is the principal construct underpinning planning performance? |
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204 | (6) |
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210 | (1) |
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Experimental evidence from our laboratory |
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211 | (2) |
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Planning using real-life analogue tasks |
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213 | (4) |
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Evidence from neurological patients |
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217 | (2) |
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Planning deficits and localization |
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219 | (1) |
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Planning and "construct validity" |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (3) |
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224 | (5) |
Author index |
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229 | (10) |
Subject index |
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