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Using another's gaze as an explicit aid to insight problem solving. / Litchfield, Damien; Ball, Linden J.
In: The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , Vol. 64, No. 4, 2011, p. 649-656.

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Litchfield, D & Ball, LJ 2011, 'Using another's gaze as an explicit aid to insight problem solving', The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 649-656. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.558628

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Litchfield, D., & Ball, L. J. (2011). Using another's gaze as an explicit aid to insight problem solving. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , 64(4), 649-656. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.558628

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Litchfield D, Ball LJ. Using another's gaze as an explicit aid to insight problem solving. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology . 2011;64(4):649-656. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2011.558628

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Litchfield, Damien ; Ball, Linden J. / Using another's gaze as an explicit aid to insight problem solving. In: The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology . 2011 ; Vol. 64, No. 4. pp. 649-656.

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