Towers of Hanoi and London: Contribution of Working Memory and Inhibition to Performance

The Tower of Hanoi and Tower of London have become well-established executive function tasks that presumably tap cognitive skills mediated by the frontal cortex. It has been assumed that the two tower tasks are more or less interchangeable and that both measure working memory and inhibition processe...

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Published in:Brain and cognition 1999-11, Vol.41 (2), p.231-242
Main Authors: Welsh, Marilyn C., Satterlee-Cartmell, Trey, Stine, Michelle
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Frontal Lobe - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Inhibition (Psychology)
Male
Memory - physiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Visual Perception - physiology
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