Intraindividual variability and level of performance in four visuo-spatial working memory tasks

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 261-272

  Lecerf, Thierry ^a   Ghisletta, Paolo ^a   Jouffray, Céline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intraindividual variability; Level of performance; Structural equation modeling; Visuo spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244350041     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.63.4.261     Document Type: Article

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