Working memory capacity and its relation to general intelligence

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 547-552

  Conway, Andrew R A ^a   Kane, Michael J ^b   Engle, Randall W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; RESEARCH;

PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY (WMC);

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0345256449     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2003.10.005     Document Type: Review

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