Resumen

SANT'ANNA, Beatriz de Andrade et al. Tower of Hanoi: proposal to use the instrument for subjects 13 to 16 years. Psicol. hosp. (São Paulo) [online]. 2007, vol.5, n.2, pp.36-56. ISSN 2175-3547.

This study proposes a standard application and normative data of Tower of Hanoi (ToH) for Brazilian population. 60 students, age 13 to 16, had participated. They did made trials with 3 and 4 pieces, 5 times each one. The results indicated that it had been learning effect, with the increase of number of movements and time. On the first trial with 4 pieces, it had been a time and movement increase, which was decreasing with the trials, suggesting that repeated application of ToH automatizes the response, and also requires planning, shifting and of new solution searching

Palabras llave : Hanoi; Executive Function; Assessment; Standardization.

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