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öllinger, M., Knoblich, G. (2009). Psychological Research on Insight Problem Solving. In: Atmanspacher, H., Primas, H. (eds) Recasting Reality. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85198-1_14
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