ABSTRACT

Department of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD,

U.K.

Abstract

Models of graph-based reasoning have typically accounted for the variation in

problem solving performance with different graph types in terms of a task

analysis of the problem relative to the particular visual properties of each graph

type (e.g. Lohse, 1993; Peebles, Cheng & Shadbolt 1999, submitted). This

approach has been used to explain response time and accuracy differences in

experimental situations where data are averaged over experimental conditions.