Planning abilities and the Tower of London:: Is this task measuring a discrete cognitive function?

被引：107

作者：

Unterrainer, JM ^{[1
]}

Rahm, B ^{[1
]}

Kaller, CP ^{[1
]}

Leonhart, R ^{[1
]}

Quiske, K ^{[1
]}

Hoppe-Seyler, K ^{[1
]}

Meier, C ^{[1
]}

Müller, C ^{[1
]}

Halsband, U ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Freiburg, Inst Psychol, Dept Psychol, D-79085 Freiburg, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY | 2004年 / 26卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1080/13803390490509574

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

The Tower of London (ToL) test is widely used for measuring planning and aspects of problem solving. The primary focus of this study was to assess the relationship among different performance measures on the ToL. A secondary purpose was to examine the putative relationship between intelligence and working memory with that of ToL performance. Analyses of the interrelation of several ToL parameters indicated that better ToL performance was associated with longer preplanning time and shorter movement execution time. Good performers showed a stronger increase in preplanning duration with task difficulty than intermediate or poor planners. Stepwise multiple regression analysis yielded fluid intelligence as the only significant predictor of ToL performance. These results suggest that the Tower of London assesses predominantly planning and problem solving and could not be sufficiently explained by other cognitive domains.

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页码：846 / 856

页数：11

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