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title: "Strolling Down The Garden Path: Error Prone Tasks in Expert Problem Solving"
authors:
  - "Paul E. Johnson"
  - "William B. Thompson"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/44"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/0044.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1981
pages: "215-216"
track: "Cognitive Science"
keywords:
---

# Strolling Down The Garden Path: Error Prone Tasks in Expert Problem Solving

Paul E. Johnson, William B. Thompson

*Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 215-216.

## Abstract

Problem s which induce performance that has the f alse appearance of success (garden path problems) may be a n inevitable consequence of the need (in both human and computer problem solving system s ) to create abstract knowledge representations in order to make problem solving efficient. An e xample is presented from a domain of physics pr o blem solving tasks in which a hierarchical org ani z ation of lines of reasoning leads to errors o f the garden path type. Several aspects of a poss ible model of the problem solving process in t he se tasks are briefly outlined.