Working memory, short-term memory, and general fluid intelligence: A latent-variable approach

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-331

  Engle, Randall W ^c   Laughlin, James E ^d   Tuholski, Stephen W ^a   Conway, Andrew R A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Illinois ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033191404     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.128.3.309     Document Type: Article

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