Working memory and intelligence -Their correlation and their relation: Comment on Ackerman, Beier, and Boyle (2005)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-65

  Oberauer, Klaus ^a   Wilhelm, Oliver ^b   Schulze, Ralf ^c   Süß, Heinz Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY;

EID: 12144278125     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.131.1.61     Document Type: Review

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