Symbol-digit substitution and individual differences in visual search ability

Intelligence

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-64

  Gilmore, Grover C ^a   Royer, Fred L ^a,b   Gruhn, Joseph J ^b   Esson, Michael J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Symbol digit substitution; Visual search ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMBOLISM; TACHISTOSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0346092457     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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