Cognitive Flexibility in Medicine: An Application to the Recognition and Understanding of Hypertension

Authors: Coulson R.L.^{1, 2}; Feltovich P.J.²; Spiro R.J.³

Source: Advances in Health Sciences Education, Volume 2, Number 2, 1997 , pp. 141-161(21)

Publisher: Springer

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Keywords: basic science approach; clinical approach; Cognitive Flexibility Theory; cognitive flexibility; complex knowledge structures; domain complexity; hypertension; learning failures; non-linear relationships

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901 2: Cognitive Science Division, Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL 62794 3: Center for the Study of Reading, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61820, USA

Publication date: 1997-01-01